The redder, the better. And I’m not talking about beets, roses or presidential candidates. I’m talking birds. Well, some birds. In various species, red coloration in a male’s feathers or beak is an ...

This time of year in the Eastern U.S., the birds are emerging in force, many flashing their brilliant reds—bright summer and scarlet tanagers, male cardinals in peak plumage or crimson male house ...

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Part privacy fence, mostly specimen plant, the red bird of paradise (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) is a plant worth getting to know. This hummingbird magnet is a gorgeous shrub with pretty red flowers that ...

Pyrrhuloxia birds look like cardinals; in fact, they are sometimes called the desert cardinal. This species an be found in the Southwest and has the same impressive crest as the northern cardinal. The ...

Why are some birds red? "It's a very basic question," say Auburn University Professor Geoffrey Hill. And, it all comes down to a single gene, called CYP2J19, recently identified by two separate teams ...

Red backed shrikes migrate using a fixed schedule, flying in stages with little variation, showing that genetics guide bird migration.

In 2005, advocates of a thriving downtown were convinced you could not have a bustling core, with a sizable full-time residential population, without giving them a place to pick up a jar of spaghetti ...

Take a bird photographer's best lens away and anticipation for its return grows exponentially by the day. So you can image how I felt when I got my lens back after more than two months in the shop. On ...