In preparation for a presentation on the birds we saw while in Ecuador recently, I was struck by how many of the birds were extravagantly colored, many eye-poppingly so. Thumbing through my field ...

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VENTURA, Calif. — The Exotic Bird Mart & Expo returned to the Ventura County Fairgrounds on Saturday. Some birds appeared to talk to passersby as visitors had the opportunity to see a variety of ...

Birds tend to be more colorful in the tropics, and scientists wanted to find out how they got there: if colorful feathers evolved in the tropics, or if tropical birds have brightly-colored ancestors ...

The long-held idea that birds living near the equator are more colorful than those living closer to the poles is true, suggests a recent study Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis). The sexes look ...

A new study has confirmed what biologists have long suspected: that tropical birds are much more colorful than their temperate peers. The study involved a mathematical color analysis of more than ...

Many exotic bird species have made Southern California their home, breeding and living here year-round, with several populations of these birds skyrocketing in recent years. Doug Willick, who records ...

In December 1977, a dust storm raged through Central California: 100 mph winds yanked trees from their roots, crashed power lines and turned cars and trucks into crushed tin cans rolling down the road ...

A species of tropical bird has been sighted in increasing numbers in Liverpool parks and campuses, leading researchers to conclude that a long-term local population is now viable. The ring-necked ...

The color palette of the birds you see out your window depend on where you live. If you’re far from the Equator, most birds tend to have drab colors, but the closer you are to the tropics, you’ll ...

From the striking rainbow colors of parrots in the rainforest to the brilliant flashes of yellows, oranges and blues in coral reefs, vibrantly colorful wildlife abounds in tropical ecosystems. But ...