Birds receive their colors thanks to the pigments in their genetic makeup. All living creatures owe their coloring to pigmentation within their DNA. Even humanity owes our hair and skin color to this ...

The eggs laid by two African bird species have evolved different color patterns over a period of just 40 years, according to new research. The quick change appears to be driven by an unwanted guest in ...

OKINAWA, Japan, Nov. 4 (UPI) --Everything seems brighter in the tropics: the sky, the ocean, the houses, the birds. Think tropics and brightly feathered toucans and parrots come to mind. Why is that?

Climate change is making birds less colorful, according to a 15-year study on a common bird called the blue tit. It is dulling flashy feathers and threatening survival as our feathered friends rely on ...

One of nature's oldest birds just got a feather makeover. The Archaeopteryx, which lived around 150 million years ago and was a mixture of bird traits (notably feathers) and reptile traits (teeth, ...