Nearly all birds with bright red, orange, and yellow feathers or bills use a group of pigments called carotenoids to produce ...

Endemic to the Western Ghats, this colourful bird is known for its bright orange throat patch and thrives in dense forests. Found only in the Nicobar Islands, this large bird is restricted to small ...

Unlike other birds, which get pigments from their diets, parrots produce their own—but scientists never fully understood the ...

New research reveals how parrots and finches develop their extraordinary colours – and shows that evolution is an ongoing ...

Recent scientific studies have unveiled the secrets of how birds achieve their incredible color variations. Parrots and ...

Prunus padus is commonly known as bird cherry. Prunus is the Latinised form of the Greek word meaning plum, and padus is the ...

Birds are often admired for their beauty, but some are also impressively intelligent, displaying problem-solving skills, ...

The enthusiasm of birdwatchers for the hornbill has prompted representatives of organisations working on the conservation of flora and fauna to approach the state forest department to conduct a survey ...

Everyone loves colourful parrots, but do you know where their bright colours come from?This question has been puzzling ...

Parrots’ plumage dazzles with feathers in fiery reds, ostentatious oranges, luminous yellows, and verdant greens. Scientists ...

California’s wild ring-necked pheasant season is open and for the second consecutive year, the California Department of Fish ...