Birds receive their colors thanks to the pigments in their genetic makeup. All living creatures owe their coloring to ...

The color vision of birds stops working considerably earlier in the course of the day than was previously believed, in fact, in the twilight. Birds need between 5 and 20 times as much light as humans ...

Aug. 29 (UPI) --According to a new study, some birds of prey can detect contrasts between objects at a greater distance than humans -- but only if the object is a different color than the background.

When a white or almost white bird lands in your backyard, it’s tempting to automatically say that it’s an albino — once you’ve ruled out the unlikely great egret or snowy owl. For avian color oddities ...