A mother who transforms frozen rats into ‘sexy showgirls’ with coloured feathers, handmade nipple covers and fake eyelashes has said her novelty taxidermy business regularly requires 12-hour ...

Nature’s natural colors can be breathtaking. Tropical birds are famous for their brightly colored feathers, and many fish ...

Maasai and Rendille live in northwestern Kenya in and around the dramatic Rift Valley Their faces painted red with crimson ochre and impressive set of brightly coloured feathers swaying on the top ...

Charles Darwin was stumped by peacocks, due to his theory of evolution.

An enzyme called ALDH3A2 alters the chemical composition of the pigments, which are made primarily of carbon molecules, to control color in developing feathers, researchers report in the Nov. 1 ...

The memoir, The Thin Veil Between Us, reached No. 1 on The Straits Times' bestsellers list for non-fiction. Read more at ...

Most birds do not make their own color pigments. Instead, they get them from their diets. Cardinals, for instance, get their bright red feathers from snacking on berries and seeds that contain ...

Nearly all birds with bright red, orange, and yellow feathers or bills use a group of pigments called carotenoids to produce ...

But there is one natural wonder that just about all of us can see, simply by stepping outside: dinosaurs using their feathers to fly. Birds are so common, even in the most paved-over places on ...

Puffin Cruises The puffin has lighter coloured feathers, thought to be caused by a genetic condition "It's great for the island and it's great for Amble too because of all the extra visitors ...