Quick Take Vulturine guinea fowl’s blue and white plumage comes from feather structure, not pigments, creating vivid, ...

Feather microstructures can remarkably change the appearance of red plumage without any corresponding changes in either pigment concentration or molecule types Adult male Brazilian tanager ...

A Fork-tailed Flycatcher. Credit: Valentina Gómez-Bahamón, Field Museum Bird feathers have many different functions. Softer down keeps a bird warm and stiffer wing feathers are used for flight.

A rare feather from an extinct New Zealand bird set a record at auction after selling for $46,521 NZD ($28,400 USD), the Webb's auction house announced Monday. The huia bird, of the wattlebird family, ...

Explore the colors of songbird migration in a photo essay that displays the ways distance and timing affect plumage. In late summer and autumn, millions of birds fly above our heads, often at night, ...

Birds and their feathers have been important to humans since prehistoric times. Birds were important for food. Feathers were ...

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 ...

Peacocks are one of the most beautiful birds on the planet. They have incredibly vibrant feathers, of course, and their long necks make them so elegant. They're the type of bird you'd invite to your ...

How does iridescence work? From rainbow bubbles to beautiful birds, bugs, and gemstones. Why is a soap bubble rainbow? What makes an oil slick beautiful? Iridescent colors, which transform depending ...

NEW YORK - To woo mates, male golden pheasants are dressed to impress. They strut around with cinnamon-colored tail quills and a striped hood of orange and black feathers. Then there is its forehead ...