Birdwatching often feels like a test of patience where the final exam involves distinguishing between a dozen types of small, brown sparrows. We stare into the bushes, squinting until our eyes water, ...

Check out the new additions to the flock.

The sunny yellow-hued American goldfinch, which has a black forehead marking, can be seen all over the states. For a real ...

How does iridescence work? From rainbow bubbles to beautiful birds, bugs, and gemstones. Why is a soap bubble rainbow? What makes an oil slick beautiful? Iridescent colors, which transform depending ...

National Geographic has just published an amazing series of photographs that chronicle the hidden lives of rare birds. This kakapo blends so perfectly with its environment that it’s easy to see why ...

A small white pigeon raised its head from between Terry Gier’s fingers. It’s a Valencian Figurita, he said, first bred in Spain centuries ago. Behind him, around 20 other pigeons lounged in cages — ...

While bright flowers and lush foliage can create a beautiful garden, nothing quite brings the landscape to life like seeing birds flitter from bush to bush, singing to each other, or hunting for bugs ...