The title of the world's most beautiful bird is often given to the Resplendent Quetzal, native to Central America. Learn why ...

A hummingbird’s heart beats over 1,200 times per minute, while the great egret hunts with precision unmatched in shallow ...

They are small songbirds in the family Parulidae, active hunters of insects that are frequently adorned with splashes of bright color, most often yellow. Like other insect-eating birds, they have thin ...

It's been a cold winter in Washington, D.C., but over at the Smithsonian's American Art Museum, there's a flutter of exotic real and imaginary birds, created by 12 contemporary artists, in an exhibit ...

Beads of Diamonds. Bronze Award Winner, Attention to Detail category: a common loon bird diving to feed leeches and tiny fish to its chicks. Cariboo, British Columbia A pure white rock ptarmigan ...

Now in its fourth year, Bird Photographer of the Year is a global photography competition that celebrates avian beauty and diversity. With thousands of images entered for competition from more than 60 ...

“Anomalous” heat flow, which at first appears to violate the second law of thermodynamics, gives physicists a way to detect quantum entanglement without destroying it. How Genes Have Harnessed Physics ...

Photographing birds can be thrilling and frustrating at the same time. These creatures are fast and unpredictable, so documenting them requires more than a sharp eye. You need the right camera ...

Nothing is more relaxing than watching birds outside your window. What if the feeder is as amazing as the birds? These bird feeders are beautiful enough to qualify as art. Backyard birds bring an ...