A seagull's head was marked with a swastika and its feathers were ripped out by an inmate at a prison in England; the gull is now recovering at a local wildlife rescue.

Some birds sport unique-looking crowns, crests, or mohawks. Continue reading to learn more about these birds.  9. Golden Pheasant  Also known as the Chinese pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus), ...

With its bright golden mantle and jet-black body, it would be hard to mistake the yellow-headed blackbird for any other species.

The secret lies in the microscopic structure of super black feathers. Basically, a typical bird feather consists of a series of flat branching branches that lie within the same plane.

These bird feathers are so black your eyes can’t focus on them. It's like, how much more black could this be? By Dakota McCoy/The Conversation. Published Jan 10, 2018 9:00 PM EST.

In this Bird of the Week segment, Stacia Brezinski with the Maine Audubon tells us all about the herring gull.

In Rector, Pa., researchers have spotted one strange bird. This rose-breasted grosbeak has a pink breast spot and a pink “wing pit” and black feathers on its right wing — telltale shades of ...

Now, Geoffrey Hill, an ornithologist at Auburn University who helped identify Alabama’s yellow cardinal, has released a 15-minute YouTube video breaking down the science behind that genetic ...

There's an odd-looking bird that's been frequently spotted around Houston in recent weeks. The ponytailed avian species is known as the yellow-crowned night-heron, and it also happens to be the ...

Mr. Yellow, a male northern cardinal with a rare genetic mutation that causes his feathers to be yellow instead of red caused a sensation when he was photographed in Alabaster, Ala. in 2018 ...

Scientists are stunned by this bird’s feathers, which are so black they absorb 99.9% of light. By Mike Wehner. Published Jan 10th, 2018 12:31PM EST. Image: GregTheBusker.

A seagull was taken in by a local animal rescue after its head was marked with a swastika in Newport, England A seagull's head was painted with a large black swastika and some of the animal's ...