“The yellow cardinal is a great entry point for learning about bird coloration and the basis for variation among birds in their coloration,” he said. “Differences between young and old ...

Bird watchers are flocking to a small Alabama city this week to catch a glimpse of a cardinal with a one-in-a-million genetic mutation that causes its bright red feathers to be a striking shade of ...

From an aesthetic and scientific perspective, cardinal birds are hardly boring. In fact, they’re downright delightful, and I’m here to tell you why. Earlier this year, ornithologist James Hill ...

Six years ago, an Alabama photographer’s photos of a rare yellow cardinal captivated the nation on numerous national news outlets after being first reported on AL.com. Now, a bird with the same ...

This bird, called the Northern Cardinal, is North Carolina’s state bird (six other states also claim the Northern Cardinal). The News & Observer dug in to see why this bird has become so ...

Kratter believes the bird, which some have referred to as "Tweets," was born among the latest round of cardinal babies close to UF's Natural Area Teaching Laboratory toward the end of 2021.

Rare allele may be circulating in local cardinal population Rare bird also seen near University of Florida in March For over a year, Tracy Workman documented a “one-in-a-million” bird that ...