Here’s a fun way to combine both: Gather up a few friends and go birding sometime during the Memorial Day weekend (May 25-27). But — and here’s the challenging part — you’ll only be counting female ...

The sex frequently neglected by birders and scientists takes the spotlight in the Audubon Photography Awards’ Female Bird Prize Carlyn Kranking - Associate Web Editor, Science A female American ...

Male and female birds are often quite different. Looking at two individuals of radically different color, it’s sometimes easy to forget this. I often talk to people who think they have multiple kinds ...

Museum scientist Gary Graves has spent decades investigating why red-billed and black-billed streamertail hummingbirds remain distinct species despite on-going hybridization Erin Wunderlich Gary ...

When a homeowner in northern Florida looked out at her bird feeders the first weekend in March, she thought she saw a red-headed woodpecker. There was a brown bird nibbling at the wild bird seed with ...

Researchers have discovered an extraordinary, vibrantly colored tropical bird with "female" feathers down one side of its body and "male" feathers down the other. Female green honeycreepers ...

Vibrant red birds seem to bring even more cheer to the season, but their meaning has impact year-round. Red birds–also known as Northern Cardinals–are popular images in holiday decor. Their bright red ...

A green honeycreeper spotted on a farm in Colombia exhibits a rare biological phenomenon known as bilateral gynandromorphism. By Emily Anthes Colombia is a bird watcher’s paradise. Its stunningly ...

Hummingbirds are among the smallest birds, and they are known for being beautiful, petite, and fast. After all, they can beat their wings up to 80 times a second! Like many creatures in the animal ...

In a forest of Colombia, a multi-colored bird waited its turn to approach the bird feeder. When it finally came close, the onlooking scientists were stunned. On its left side, the green honeycreeper ...

A homeowner in north Florida spotted the rare bird when it stopped for something to eat at her bird feeder, she told McClatchy News. Nick Nicholson via Unsplash When a homeowner in northern Florida ...