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Image of a Paradise Tanager

Hidden Feathers

Research shows that in tanagers and other songbirds, their bright feather colors are enhanced by hidden black and white feathers located to maximize visual impact.

Hidden Feathers

Research shows that in tanagers and other songbirds, their bright feather colors are enhanced by hidden black and white feathers located to maximize visual impact.

Singing Song Sparrow

Birds & Mental Health

Evidence continues to accumulate that adding birds to your nature experience improves mental health.

Birds & Mental Health

Evidence continues to accumulate that adding birds to your nature experience improves mental health.

Dark-eyed Junco

Dark-eyed Juncos

Dark-eyed Juncos look different in many places and are adapting to city life in unexpected ways.

Dark-eyed Juncos

Dark-eyed Juncos look different in many places and are adapting to city life in unexpected ways.

Purple Finch

Food Web, Interrupted

The spruce budworm outbreak has defoliated and killed vast stretches of spruce and fir trees, and impacted the birds that rely on them.

Food Web, Interrupted

The spruce budworm outbreak has defoliated and killed vast stretches of spruce and fir trees, and impacted the birds that rely on them.

Barn Owl with talons extended to catch prey

Camouflage

When the breeding season in the northern hemisphere is over, some birds swap their bright feathers for drab, camouflaging colors.

Camouflage

When the breeding season in the northern hemisphere is over, some birds swap their bright feathers for drab, camouflaging colors.

Palm Warbler

Palm Warbler Subspecies

Palm Warblers fall into two subspecies, and researchers have looked at their genes to learn more about their gene flow and evolutionary timeline.

Palm Warbler Subspecies

Palm Warblers fall into two subspecies, and researchers have looked at their genes to learn more about their gene flow and evolutionary timeline.