Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The IUCN Red List, which assesses the extinction risk of ...

Some birds don’t need to stun with their spectacularly colorful tail feathers; they can just charm the bird watcher’s eye with their uniquely styled tail. An Indonesian endemic, Wilson’s ...

Planet Earth is blessed with a unique technicolor palette of birdlife that comes in all shapes and sizes. From tiny fluff balls to majestic birds, they swan around with every shade of the rainbow ...

Somewhere between sunrise and the sea, the world turns pink. And so the most unique and eye-catching birds of the world are ...

The National Audubon Society has announced the winners of the 2024 Audubon Photography Awards with a photo of a pair of squabbling Backburnian warblers scooping the top prize. Now in its fifteenth ...

A new global study finds that the visual beauty of birds—their colors and shapes—predicts which wild species are traded by people. By analyzing data for over 9000 bird species, researchers discovered ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GS23/Shutterstock Attracting colorful songbirds to your yard is certainly an enjoyable experience, but some species can create ...

Spotting birds can be great fun, particularly when we know which birds we are seeing. There’s something about being able to say, That’s a _____, that makes all the difference. Luckily, several ...

Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction." Red-breasted ...

It was clear that something unusual was happening as we pulled into Iona Beach Regional Park in Richmond, B.C. on a birding ...