The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 prohibits possessing native North American bird feathers without a permit. The law, punishable by fines and imprisonment, aims to prevent the killing and ...

Birds are perhaps the most colourful group of animals, bringing a splash of colour to the natural world around us every day. Indeed, exclusively black and white birds – such as magpies – are in the ...

Birds are typically more active in the spring and summer months due to breeding and nesting habits. With the influx of bird activity, it's important to know how to act in certain situations, like ...

Birds can chirp, birds can fly and now scientists have new evidence that birds can communicate with each other using sound made with their feathers. A species called the fork-tailed flycatcher, or ...

Research assistant James Whatton confirms the feathers in front of him belong to a gray catbird. Credit: Smithsonian In the hallways of the National Museum of Natural History—past the bathrooms, the ...

The fashion world, in nature, is constantly changing! Birds are undergoing phenotypic transformations each time they fly back to their nests, but feather replacement isn't only done during the ...