What gives an Australian finch its brilliantly colored red, yellow or orange bill? A major new study has uncovered the genetic switches controlling these distinctive colors, revealing a key piece ...

Once in the water, the birds use their webbed feet to aid swimming. Red-footed boobies appear in a variety of color morphs but, of course, all have feet of the distinctive red color which gives ...

I am seeing just a few purple finches at the feeders now. Last year, over a dozen were here on many days in January. Some may migrate to the south […] ...