From cottage-style designs to more natural finishes, these bird houses give feathered visitors a place to call home ...

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Nothing is more relaxing than watching birds outside your window. What if the feeder is as amazing as the birds? These bird feeders are beautiful enough to qualify as art. Backyard birds bring an ...

Some birds don’t need to stun with their spectacularly colorful tail feathers; they can just charm the bird watcher’s eye with their uniquely styled tail. An Indonesian endemic, Wilson’s ...

Picture yourself in nature, surrounded by the sounds of birds singing. It’s like being in a concert where each bird has its own special song to sing. These songs aren’t just noise; they’re messages ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The IUCN Red List, which assesses the extinction risk of ...

Celebrate National Bird Day on Jan. 5 by appreciating all things bird. From their lovely songs to their ornate plumage, honor our flying friends with this collection of beautiful birds and a few fine ...

A new global study finds that the visual beauty of birds—their colors and shapes—predicts which wild species are traded by people. By analyzing data for over 9000 bird species, researchers discovered ...

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 ...

Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction." Red-breasted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With more than 10,000 bird species on Earth, narrowing down the most beautiful is no simple task. Beauty in the natural world can ...

A sharp increase in human activity is affecting the way the Himalayan monal lives and communicates, studies show.