Some of the birds in your backyard may look unkempt if not downright scraggly, as though their clothes have worn out. Birds, of course, are clothed in feathers, and feathers do wear out. The gorgeous, ...

Say the words “feather art,” and people probably won’t know what you’re talking about. Tribal headdresses? Ostrich-plume hats? If you’re drawing a blank, head to the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art ...

Feathers define birds. Other critters, like insects, fly; but no other critter wears feathers. And what amazing structures they are, these feathers. They allow birds to fly, perform mating displays, ...

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 prohibits possessing native North American bird feathers without a permit. The law, punishable by fines and imprisonment, aims to prevent the killing and ...

CORVALLIS – After hatching in spring, baby birds sometimes end up on the ground, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they need help. It depends on how old they are, how long they’ve been on the ground ...

Using naturally occurring patterns of stable-isotopes created by weather and plants, Jason Duxbury of the University of Alberta and his colleagues are tracking the migration routes of birds of prey.

Birds of a feather flock together.” You’ve heard this phrase hundreds, or maybe even thousands of times — but do you know what it means? Do birds of a feather really flock together in nature, or is ...

Some birds are iridescent because of the physical make-up of their feathers, but scientists had never found evidence of this structural color in the group of birds containing ostriches and cassowaries ...

Birds are famous for strutting their stuff—"proud as a peacock" isn't an empty saying, after all—but sometimes birds need some help getting back in fine feather. So for this Saturday's Weird Animal ...