Do common grackles deserve their bad reputation? Learn why they're cooler than you think — and why scientists are watching ...

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Inspired by naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace’s visit nearly two centuries ago, an isolated Indigenous community in Brazil ...

Residents and visitors often see swallow-tailed kites flashing overhead during the spring months as they hunt just above the ...

Found primarily in the Southeastern United States, the swallow-tailed kite is a striking bird, recognized by its stark black-and-white plumage and deeply forked tail. These raptors engage bird ...

Found primarily in the Southeastern United States, the swallow-tailed kite is a striking bird, recognized by its stark black-and-white plumage and deeply forked tail. These raptors engage bird ...

pushing back bird diversification by 20 million years. One, Baminornis zhenghensis, had a short tail and mixed dinosaur-like and bird-like traits. The second, an isolated furcula, may belong to ...

An award-winning sports photographer by trade, his only previous encounter with the short-tailed birds occurred when one fell into his fireplace after attempting to nest in the chimney of his home in ...

reptilian tail-a stark contrast to the short-tailed morphology of modern and Cretaceous birds. Recent studies have questioned the avialan status of Archaeopteryx, classifying it as a deinonychosaurian ...

These characteristics highlight the role of mosaic evolution in early bird development. Notably, Baminornis zhenghensis has a short tail ending in a compound bone called the pygostyle, a feature also ...

This striking plume of yellow is the fluorescing tail feathers of a male emperor bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea guilielmi). Birds-of-paradise are known for their bright colours and courtship displays.