Parrots’ plumage dazzles with feathers in fiery reds, ostentatious oranges, luminous yellows, and verdant greens. Scientists have now discovered the molecular mechanism that controls these four ...

Have you ever noticed how much more abundant birds are in the summer than in the winter? Starting in the spring, many birds arrive back at their breeding grounds in North America to enjoy the warm ...

Everyone loves colourful parrots, but do you know where their bright colours come from? This question has been puzzling scientists for a long time and now with the new discovery, it seems that this ...

At least one pig has picked up bird flu amid an outbreak in poultry on a backyard farm in central Oregon. While the infection appears limited to one farm so far, the discovery has raised new alarm ...

Unlike other birds, which get pigments from their diets, parrots produce their own—but scientists never fully understood the underlying mechanisms, until now Sarah Kuta Daily Correspondent The ...

One enzyme has a key role in determining whether parrots’ rainbow plumage emerges in vibrant reds, yellows or greens, a new study shows. But how psittacofulvin pigments shift shades was unclear.

(Cynthia Goldsmith, Jackie Katz/CDC via AP, File) NEW YORK (AP) — A pig at an Oregon farm was found to have bird flu, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. It’s the first time the ...

Take this parrot, raised in a house with dogs, who is actually capable of playing with his canine siblings, and whose doggie brothers are more than happy to play, too. Pickles the parrot has been ...

The birds currently at the sanctuary include Conures, Lorikeets, Congo African Greys, Timneh African Greys and Eclectus among others. The new intakes at Brainy Birds Parrot Rescue and ...

Following a major search for the birds, which are thought to be two of only around 300 alive today, they were found in Cambridgeshire on Sunday morning and safely returned to the zoo. Video shows ...

The Earth is home to an incredible diversity of bird species, living in practically every habitat, from the open oceans to the arid deserts. In some parts of the world, these animals have adapted and ...