Finding a mate in the animal kingdom is not easy. It is often a competitive and dramatic process that requires substantial ...

When most people imagine a bird, they picture an animal with feathers, wings, and a beak perched on a tree branch. However, ...

The casque of the cassowary glows blue-green under UV light, revealing unseen patterns that could help distinguish species ...

This October, a Mandarin duck became one of New York’s biggest celebrities, as locals and tourists flocked to Central Park to spot the brightly colored fowl. One enterprising New Yorker even went so ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A study of a bizarre prehistoric bird's fossilized remains has ...

Thanks to the developmental fusion of male-female bird twins into one individual, this northern cardinal is half red and half tan -- split lengthwise down its middle -- and is half male and half ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A previously unknown, bird-like dinosaur species that is thought to ...

There are no actual birds in this oddball animation about birds. Instead, it’s filled with strange creatures made of eggs, worms, leaves, and other things we associate with our feathered friends.