At first glance, feathers may seem like simple parts of a bird’s body. But if you look closer—under a microscope or through a ...

Birds are molting earlier each fall. A University of Utah study links this shift to climate change and its impact on ...

Scientists were finally given access to a remarkable Archaeopteryx fossil that’s allowed them to better understand exactly ...

We usually think of seasonal changes in terms of the weather, what we eat, or the clothes we wear. But in nature, some ...

What is most important when looking at and watching birds? The easy answer is to carefully look at the entire bird. You will ...

Newly discovered feathers were crucial to how Archaeopteryx was able to fly. Archaeopteryx is the fossil that helped confirm ...

Chemical analysis of a bird’s feathers offers a reliable way to tell whether it was captive-born or wild-caught.

Birds of a feather usually flock together, but a lucky blackbird was adopted by a mistle thrush that fed the juvenile in rare ...