Making a list of birds with a long tail isn’t as straightforward as it seems. For example, the peacock is not on the list. Why? Because the beautiful feathers that trail behind it and that he ...

Cape Girardeau Conservation Nature Center assistant manager Alex Holmes shares how to spot a Mississippi kite, which he ...

This Tuesday, April 2nd, we get to open the aviary doors for another episode in high-flying melodrama: Birds of Prey #8. But hold onto your feathers ... Who knows how long it'll be before ...

It has long been accepted that ... are composed of special feathers known as pennaceous feathers — the stiff feathers found in the wings and tails of birds. The ancient form of these feathers ...

Birds typically need long, narrow wings to ... features that allow this bird of prey to fly silently. The microstructure of display feathers, especially tail streamers, may also be more finely ...

It may seem wildly impractical, but flashy plumage—such as the long, shimmery tail feathers of the king bird of paradise—evolved to serve a key goal: attracting potential mates. Although both ...

It had feathers and wings, so it was clearly a bird — but it sported a long tail and sharp claws, which seemed reptilian. A smattering of other feathery Jurassic fossils, including those known ...

Small rodents such as mice and voles are the preferred prey but long-tailed weasels also eat moles, shrews, tree squirrels, chipmunks and snowshoe hares. Both sexes may consume insects, earthworms, ...

Melanie Barsony has spent years honing her skills in the art of imping to give birds of prey a better chance of survival. Imping helps rehabilitate birds of prey with damaged flight feathers It ...

Modern-day birds ... feathers, researchers built a robot called Robopteryx. The team then used it to simulate how dinosaurs would have stalked and scared prey. The robot, modeled after Caudipteryx, ...