Australian finches' bill colors come from small genetic variations affecting how they process dietary pigments.

By Liz Kimbrough In the sunbaked Galápagos Islands, a male finch perches on a branch, hearing what sounds like another bird’s ...

Recent studies reveal how birds develop their vibrant colors. Parrots create pigments called psittacofulvins, while finches ...

What gives an Australian finch its brilliantly colored red, yellow or orange bill? A major new study has uncovered the ...

Something looked a little off at the birdfeeders. I get more house finches at my feeders than I can count, but as I entered the living room and glanced out ...

New research reveals how parrots and finches develop their extraordinary colours – and shows that evolution is an ongoing ...

Nearly all birds with bright red, orange, and yellow feathers or bills use a group of pigments called carotenoids to produce ...

One of the rarest birds in the world, the Wilkins' bunting, is a yellow finch endemic to Nightingale Island in the British ...

Evergreen bird photographer Alan Murphy recently won gold in the best portrait category of the annual Bird Photographer of ...

Observations at your bird feeder could help inform research being done at Cornell University and other institutions.

BirdLife Malta (BLM) has launched a citizen activism campaign to counter the government’s ongoing finch trapping under the ...