Ever heard of strontium? Sounds like a character in a Marvel Comics movie, someone with superhuman powers. Actually, strontium is a chemical that is found everywhere. It leaks out from rocks and into ...

There are more than 11,000 different bird species in the world that have a variety of colors. Recently, a group of scientists at Washington University in St. Louis wrote a study about why birds may ...

What makes a blue jay blue or a cardinal red? Color, a crucial element in nature, is most evident in the amazing hue and pattern variations in more than 10,000 bird species around the world. How birds ...

Feathers, essential for thermoregulation, flight, and communication in birds, originate from simple appendages known as proto-feathers, which were present in certain dinosaurs.By studying embryonic ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Birds of Prey is rapidly approaching, and that means it’s time for some more movie posters. A ...

The flamingo is an icon of Florida, but there's more to the flashy bird than bold pink feathers and lanky legs. Here are five facts you maybe didn't know about flamingos: 1) Flamingos weren't ...

It took 150 million years for feathered dinosaurs to master flight and become the birds we see overhead today. By 125 million years ago, the Mesozoic skies were full of birds. But many of them were ...

A group of peacocks is called an ostentation, no doubt reflecting the male of the species’ propensity for ostentatious display (the correct term for a female is peahen). In Sabal Palms, Florida, three ...