To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator, ...

One further clue to differentiate between these two birds is the frontal shield: a platelike prolongation of their beaks that reaches up to their forehead. The shield of the moorhen is bright red with ...

India is full of beauty, from its culture and nature to its amazing wildlife. Among the many things that make it special are ...

Unlike birds whose plumage is mostly blue, the green coloring of a green bird‘s feathers is the result of pigment, not a trick of the light. These birds’ emerald green, lime green, chartreuse, or ...

AN OSPREY, a bird of prey on the conservation amber list, has been spotted at a popular birdwatching site in Herefordshire.

A conservation team unloads biodegradable wave breaks from a boat on May 27, 2025. The cement jute wave breaks designed for ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

I was in a jungle where no humans set foot, and was wearing a black safari hat. My eccentric, mad hatter presence had alarmed, and at the same time, intrigued a male robin ...

The yellow, red, orange, and brown birds of the world assume their hues because of a pigment embedded in the keratin matrix of feathers. But blue feathers result from refraction, a prism-style ...

Missouri’s state symbols showcase the items, plants, animals and places that form the unique culture the Show-Me State is ...

Getting a beak count: Annual bird survey around Waco. Jan 1, 2017 Jan 1, 2017; 0; ... When banker Sam Brown takes the reins at Fuzzy Friends from founder Betsy Robinson, ...

The invasive brown tree snake hunted several Guam bird species to extinction, and the Guam rail, or ko’ko’, was almost one of those. But in 1984, the last remaining ko’ko’ on the island ...