The lammergeier, commonly known as the bearded vulture, is a unique bird of prey that primarily eats bones. Skeletal matter, ...

Red-breasted mergansers are no exception with their distinctively shaggy head feathers. The American Bird Conservancy describes this notable feature as “a shaggy-looking double crest ...

Remains of a Child Buried With Wolf Fur and Bird Feathers in the Grave Leave Archaeologists Baffled Burial sites of ancient ...

A survey of museum specimens reveals that more than a dozen species of the birds sport biofluorescence in feathers, skin or even inside their throats.