Despite their colorful appearance, blue jays are actually in the family Corvidae, the same as crows and ravens. These birds are typically 9 to 12 inches long from beak to tail and weigh under 3.5 ...

The animal kingdom gives us rainbows of color with butterflies and chameleons, and clownfish, but birds give us just as much of a show. Among the peacock, the toucan, and the macaw, there’s a ...

The University of Texas at Austin announced the discovery of a hybrid bird species UT biologists are linking in part to climate change. Discovered in a San Antonio back yard, the distinctive, ...

In 2006, the American Ornithologists’ Union (AOU) took a closer look at the western bird known as the “blue grouse” and reclassified it into two separate species: the sooty grouse and the dusky grouse ...

Researchers have found a new "grue jay" bird in South Texas, a hybrid between blue and gray jay birds that is likely the result of shifting weather patterns and climate change. Here's a fun question.

They’re blue, round, and small. And birdwatchers throughout Alabama are hoping to catch sight of one before they head north for the summer. The cerulean warbler is one of many bird species that ...

Biologists are attributing this new hybrid bird to abnormal mating behavior to climate change BrianTravis Maher/Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Macaulay Library, Stokes/University of Texas at Austin, Brien ...