Not all brightly colored birds are in the tropics. The U.S. has its own fair share of colorful avian friends and you can even ...

Birds boast some of the most vibrant colors among terrestrial animals. Our pretty avian friends have inspired our Democrat and Chronicle photographers for years and captured the imaginations of many ...

I love spring … the colors, the smell, the sounds of singing birds. After a winter of gray skies, white landscapes and no smells – I just love spring. I am fortunate enough to spend a lot of time ...

How rare a Gouldian Finch ? Gouldian Finches are Australia's most spectacularly colored grass finches, and are perhaps the ...

Animals often have preferences: dog lovers can tell you their pet’s favorite toy, or place to sleep, for example. In the bird world, zebra finch males are the main nest builders, and it turns out each ...

If you have a bird feeder in the continental United States, you have almost certainly been visited by house finches. On both sides of the Mississippi their hungry flocks coat feeders like displays of ...

DURHAM , N.C. -- Birds may not have a word for maroon. Or burnt sienna. But show a zebra finch a sunset-colored object, and she'll quickly decide whether it looks more like "red" or "orange." A Duke ...

Cottage gardens are both comforting and whimsical. And, if you add a host of bird species, they become pure magic. Here are ...

For a reddish-beaked bird called the zebra finch, sexiness is color-coded. Males have beaks that range from light orange to dark red. But to females, a male's colored bill may simply be hot, or not, ...

Birds may not have a word for maroon. Or burnt sienna. But show a zebra finch a sunset-colored object, and she'll quickly decide whether it looks more 'red' or 'orange.' A new study shows that birds ...