In preparation for a presentation on the birds we saw while in Ecuador recently, I was struck by how many of the birds were extravagantly colored, many eye-poppingly so. Thumbing through my field ...

The long-held idea that birds living near the equator are more colorful than those living closer to the poles is true, suggests a recent study Paradise Tanager (Tangara chilensis). The sexes look ...

The yard is changing color. No, not because of autumn foliage, but because the colorful tropical migrants that came here to nest — scarlet and summer tanagers, indigo buntings, hummingbirds, northern ...

Nature’s natural colors can be breathtaking. Tropical birds are famous for their brightly colored feathers, and many fish species are dazzling. There are gorgeous insects that look like they’re ...

The evolution of male songbirds as the colorful consorts of drab female partners is more complicated than long thought, says a researcher on a team that looked at nearly 6,000 species for a massive ...

Baltimore orioles are tropical birds. So are most of the colorful species that take up temporary residence to nest here. They are tropical species that make long and dangerous migrations because the ...

To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator, bordered by the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in ...

The small and colorful manakin has perplexed scientists for more than century. New research shows how this strange bird that fascinated Charles Darwin makes sound during courtship — not with song, but ...

From the striking rainbow colors of parrots in the rainforest to the brilliant flashes of yellows, oranges and blues in coral reefs, vibrantly colorful wildlife abounds in tropical ecosystems. But ...