Birds are perhaps the most colorful group of animals, bringing a splash of color to the natural world around us every day.

Using a machine learning algorithm, we determined the dominant color of each bird photo. Let's take a look at the American kestrel, one of the smallest and most colorful falcons in the U.S. It can ...

Even though Rhode Island is the smallest state in the country, it has a lot of different habitats, from woods to wetlands, to ...

The pale gray-blue Baltimore oriole egg is covered with sparsely distributed lines and squiggles that marble the egg. Occasionally, an oriole nest may be attended by two birds that look like females.

Birds boast some of the most vibrant colors among terrestrial animals. The tropics are often renowned for the brightest birds, but U.S. birds also display a wide array of striking hues.

What makes a blue jay blue or a cardinal red? Color, a crucial element in nature, is most evident in the amazing hue and pattern variations in more than 10,000 bird species around the world. How ...

Illuminated by blue and UV light, the birds’ white and bright yellow plumage broadcasts colors that may be used in territorial disputes or for finding mates, according to the study.

In the case of the common and well–studied Blue Tit bird, the male and female appear visually identical to the human eye. However, when viewed under UV light, males have UV-reflectant crown patches.

A color phase between red and black is known as a cross fox. Black bear come in three phases: black, blue and cinnamon. Often color phases are correlated with a geographic location.

In birds, the pigment melanin generates black, gray, brown, and orange colors. Carotenoids are used by specialized feather structures to create those brighter hues.

Blue Grouse Appearance, Range, and Habitat The sooty grouse, as its name suggests, is a dark, ashy gray in color, and those gray feathers completely boot the bird’s feet.