After a few test hops in the lawn and a test flight in her office, Farris returned the little blue jay back to the pecan tree she figured it fell from. Moments later, the bird’s parents swooped ...

Turns out Tobiasz had seen a rare, Leucistic blue jay — a bird that has an abnormal plumage condition caused by a genetic mutation. It lost its coloring and turned white in some areas of its body.

If this is the bird that popped into your head first when you thought about a blue bird, you’d be among the many who might think this is the only blue in the azure sky. The Eastern bluebird is ...

Peacocks, panther chameleons, scarlet macaws, clown fish, toucans, blue-ringed octopuses, and so many more: The animal kingdom has countless denizens with extraordinarily colorful beauty. But in ...

Flavio Vallenari / Getty Images The blue iguana (Cyclura lewisi), endemic to the island of Grand Cayman, has one of the longest lifespans of any lizard, living up to 69 years. When the lizards are ...

Object Details Description This finished blue jay is one of the more beautiful birds Sadao Oka carved. It's a great example of the photo realism that he was able to accomplish. This carving is also a ...

Nature Journal: Take a moment to marvel at birds George Ellison is an award-winning naturalist and writer. His wife, Elizabeth Ellison, is a watercolor artist and paper-maker who has a gallery ...