With black and orange feathers and red eyes, the critically endangered black-naped pheasant-pigeon remained a mystery for over a century after it was first – and last – observed by researchers ...

Geoffrey Hill, an Auburn University ornithologist who has done extensive research on bird colorations, said Maize could be related to Mr. Yellow from 2018, but there was no way to know for sure.

(Learn why scientists say spider silk is one of the most versatile materials on Earth.) “Four or five months later, this guy calls me and says he's found a bird sitting on a web,” Davis recalls.

A yellow crowned night heron was spotted during the second in a series of Bird Watching Wednesdays at Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center in Orange. Photo made Wednesday, April 5, 2023 ...