A pigment that makes feathers and hair orange helps prevent cellular damage by removing excess cysteine from cells.

The seized birds include: 5,720 weaver birds, 500 tailor birds, 250 zebra finches, 388 opior wallacea birds, 313 sangihe ...

House finches are very social birds that enjoy the company of their owners. Many of these brightly colored birds like to perch on fingers or even receive a pet on the head or body. Given that ...

Male (left) and female (right) zebra finches. The orange feathers displayed by the male are colored by the pigment pheomelanin, which is also present in human skin and red hair. Pheomelanin is ...

A cluster of zebra mussels sits on a navigation buoy that was pulled from Lake Superior by the USCG Cutter Alder. Invasive ...

Bird watching has been popular for centuries, and songbirds have been favored subjects. During the past 30 years, songbirds have become popular laboratory animals as well. The expanded use of ...

Neuroscientists examining genetically identified neurons in a songbird's forebrain discovered a remarkable landscape of physiology, auditory coding and network roles that mirrored those in the brains ...

It’s unusual to see animals of different species become friends — especially in the wild. Sure, we’ve seen farm animals or pets of different species befriend each other in the same home, but to see a ...

Birdsong, like human speech, is learned via auditory experience during a developmentally restricted sensitive period. Within projection neurons of two avian forebrain nuclei, NMDA receptor-mediated ...

Lauren Sanchez risked a serious wardrobe mishap as she nearly spilled out of her bikini top while she was soaking up the sun with her husband, Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos, and their famous friends in St.

Life’s too short for small talk. Rachel gets right to the questions that matter most. Once a week, famous guests pull questions from a deck of cards and open up about the kind of stuff we all think ...

While news of the Finch West LRT’s rough start dominates our city’s headlines, this 10.3-kilometre stretch of Finch West is also home to one of the most diverse culinary corridors in the city. There’s ...