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What “Birds of a Feather” Means and Where the Phrase Came From

We've all heard birds of a feather flock together, but what does it mean and where did the saying come from? Do bird species ...
Decider

Drew Barrymore Admits She Steals Feathers From Big Bird Whenever She Appears on ‘Sesame Street’: I “Tape It Up to My Bedroom Wall”

Discover What’s Streaming On: Did Drew Barrymore just admit to being a feather klepto live on air during today’s taping of The Drew Barrymore Show? You bet she did. The actress-turned-talk show host ...
NPR

Why bird feathers are so bright

Why are some songbirds so brightly colored? A new study finds that a hidden layer of black and white feathers help their colors pop. Have you ever looked at a bird and wondered, how can it be so red ...
The New York Times

How to Pluck a Feather

“It’s easier than pulling out a hair from your chin,” says Kristen Ruegg, an assistant professor of biology at Colorado State University. Ruegg is a director at the Bird Genoscape Project, which ...
The Advocate

Red bird, blue bird: LSU doctoral student explains the why of birds of colorful feather

What makes a blue jay blue or a cardinal red? Color, a crucial element in nature, is most evident in the amazing hue and pattern variations in more than 10,000 bird species around the world. How birds ...