New Guinea's tropical rainforests are home to one of the animal kingdom's most spectacular courtship rituals, with male birds ...
Birds have all kinds of fancy decorations for attracting mates—male peacocks have a fan of feathers accented with shimmering ...
Wintertime may seem like a quiet, hibernating period until you start focusing on our feathered friends. Surprisingly, there are plenty of birds soaring, skittering, and swooping in the air at this ...
Chipping Sparrow, Female Bird Winner, United States and Canada, Boise, Idaho; Chipping Sparrows can be found in summer from coast to coast and from central Alaska to Central America. The National ...
A rare feather from an extinct New Zealand bird set a record at auction after selling for $46,521 NZD ($28,400 USD), the Webb's auction house announced Monday. The huia bird, of the wattlebird family, ...
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Some Birds’ Feathers Are Designed to Self-Destruct on Schedule
For most birds, looking good for spring means undergoing a partial molt. Because feathers are pure protein, shedding and rebuilding a wardrobe from scratch drains massive amounts of time, calories, ...
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