Many species of animals and birds were injured and displaced by ex-tropical cyclone Alfred several weeks ago. Now, an effort ...

Swallow-tailed kites flash overhead in Florida during the spring months as they hunt just above the tree canopies.

Male birds have shimmering blue and green feathers, while females tend to sport low-key green plumage. The tropical rainforest is a dangerous place for small birds, said Falk, who’s also a researcher ...

A hummingbird chick in Panama mimics a poisonous caterpillar to avoid predators—a rare case of bird-to-insect mimicry. When ...

The great potoo, a nocturnal bird native to Central and South America, is known for its exceptional camouflage and eerie ...

The white-necked jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) is a jewel-toned hummingbird found in the neotropical lowlands of South ...

In her watercolor triptych, Rosalie Haizlett celebrates the vibrant colors and details found in the feathers of common—and ...

If there were any contender for a real-life equivalent to the Oliphaunts of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, it would be ...

A new analysis reveals that nearly half of the genus Heliconia, a group of tropical plants popular for ... flowers resemble the striking plumage of birds-of-paradise. Others evoke lobster claws ...

Many can name a panda or a pangolin, but the yellow-crested cockatoo barely gets a nod. That’s wild, considering this little ...

Tiny hummingbird chicks were observed mimicking a poisonous caterpillar to survive in the Panama rainforest–a first for science.

Conservationists have launched a 20-year-long project to protect what is arguably Tanzania’s most biologically rich landscape ...