With their bright orange and red feathers, North American coot chicks stick out like safety vests. A new study by the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) indicates that such coloration not only ...

It’s a tough world for parents these days. They try to do the right thing, keep their little ones safe, but they get caught in ever-changing “official” advice: face the child forward in a car seat − ...

While I was strolling around the lake one evening, I observed a young woman being mobbed by a crowd of avian groupies. They were about the size of a chicken with dark gray feathers, bright-white bills ...

A newly hatched American coot chick shows off its colorful ornamental plumes, beak, and naked head. The bright colors of coot chicks help their parents choose favorites, according to a new study. The ...

What looks like a duck, floats like a duck and swims like a duck, isn’t always a duck! My wife Laurie and I were reminded of this while watching American coots during our winter vacation in Southern ...

It's no longer a secret that the Coot machines are totally cool and they can do things other off-road could not even dare dream about. While they're not built for speed, Coots will succeed in places ...

Access: From the Diagonal Highway between Boulder and Longmont, turn west on North 63rd Street. In 1.5 miles there’s a small parking lot on the left. Another larger parking area is to the right. Coots ...