The males grow two extraordinarily long tail feathers to impress females ... as it is wonderful to watch the rainbow-like birds strut around. This beauty is found in southern Mexico and Central ...

Birds are some of the ... green crest and metallic-blue tail feathers that grow during the breeding season to form a flowing train up to 3 feet (0.9 meter) long. They show off this train by ...

Such behavior is widespread in other animals too, particularly birds. In our recent study we explored why long-tailed tits, one of the UK's tiniest bird species, often act as foster parents ...

It had feathers and wings, so it was clearly a bird — but it sported a long tail and sharp claws, which seemed reptilian. A smattering of other feathery Jurassic fossils, including those known ...

During a pre-Fourth of July paddle around Long Tail Point, bird monitor Jack Swelstad of Green Bay spotted something at the end of the island. "I found two piping plovers that acted like they were ...

In this clip from Iolo's Secret Life of Birds(December 2010 on BBC One Wales), Iolo Williams studies a nest being built in woods at Newtown near Powys. Long tailed-tits will hide their nests well ...

Long-tailed tits must be up there for an award as our most cute little birds, and especially so for the young fledglings. When they leave the nest, the babies will often line up together on a tree ...