While some birds possess drab, plain-looking feathers, others sport brightly-colored feathers. Females typically appear less colorful than males, an adaptation that helps protect them from predators.

David Carr highlights the birds, mammals and marine life you might see on vacation in Asheville, the Outer Banks and Hilton ...

To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator ...

Learn about the eyelash palm-pitviper of Costa Rica, a vividly colored venomous snake with unique “eyelash” scales.

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two rare coastal birds, the Piping Plover and the Brown Booby, are expected to be in Central Texas this July.

The photo of a courageous mother lemur with a baby on her back, taking a harrowing jump in a ravine, won the California ...

Photographing birds is both challenging and rewarding. For starters, they like to move around a lot. What's more, birds aren't always in the most convenient of locations—out on a lake, high up in a ...