They are small songbirds in the family Parulidae, active hunters of insects that are frequently adorned with splashes of bright color, most often yellow. Like other insect-eating birds, they have thin ...

The American Art Museum in Washington, D.C., has gathered the work of artists who paint, photograph and sculpt winged creatures — underscoring... Beautiful Bird Exhibit Spotted At Smithsonian It's ...

Beads of Diamonds. Bronze Award Winner, Attention to Detail category: a common loon bird diving to feed leeches and tiny fish to its chicks. Cariboo, British Columbia A pure white rock ptarmigan ...

Now in its fourth year, Bird Photographer of the Year is a global photography competition that celebrates avian beauty and diversity. With thousands of images entered for competition from more than 60 ...

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Chris Maynard is obsessed with feathers. The artist, based in Olympia, Wash., thinks feathers show “life’s perfection,” in the way that they overlap and contour to a bird’s body. “Their complexity as ...

Our photo submissions continue to grow each week as more and more of our readers send in Beautiful Blooms … and we’re thrilled to show them to you. This week’s highlighted Beautiful Blooms include a ...

Memorial Day marked the unofficial start of summer and peak season for Alabama’s beaches. An estimated 8 million people will visit Gulf Shores and Orange Beach in coastal Alabama this year, not to ...

When you stand in Steve Rushing’s yard talking to him, his eyes drift past you, sometimes over your head, or around you, as he points out the red-headed woodpecker, the towhee, catbird, or thrasher ...

Some swoop through the skies at night, attacking other species while hunting on the wing. Others wade through swamps and coastal bays, snatching tiny fish, colorful crabs, snails and shrimp with their ...

In June 1844, farmers Jón Brandsson and Sigurður Ísleifsson, along with 12 others, made the perilous journey by boat from Iceland to the island of Eldey. They were searching for great auks: black and ...

It's been a cold winter in Washington, D.C., but over at the Smithsonian's American Art Museum, there's a flutter of exotic real and imaginary birds, created by 12 contemporary artists, in an exhibit ...