Birds are perhaps the most colorful group of animals, bringing a splash of color to the natural world around us every day.

Typically, male birds have more vivid colours than females. As Charles Darwin first explained, the most colourful males are more likely to attract mates and produce more offspring than those that aren ...

Branson, of Cusick, Washington, sold an unidentified purchaser two sets of golden eagle tail feathers - highly prized among many Native American tribes - for $650 in March 2021, according to court ...

Man pleads guilty in eagle ‘killing spree’ on reservation to sell feathers on black market In the Courts Mar 21, 2024 MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON editorial@newsandsentinel.com ...

Published: Nov. 07, 2024, 9:00 a.m. 11 1/11 Poachers exploit demand for eagle feathers, sacred among Native Americans By The Associated Press ...

Eagle feathers are woven into Native American culture. Beyond powwow regalia, they’re presented to high school graduates, used in marriage ceremonies and buried with the dead.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - An Albuquerque man who sold black market eagle feathers for use in Native American dance competitions has been sentenced in Portland. U.S. District Judge Anna Brown on ...

An eagle feather dislodged from the bustle of a Crow or Northern Cheyenne during a traditional dance can bring a powwow to a standstill. “When an eagle feather falls and touches the ground it ...

A grand jury indictment last December quotes defendant Travis John Branson saying in a January 2021 text that he was going on a “killing spree” to obtain eagle tails. Branson and a second ...

Less than two weeks later, law enforcement stopped Branson on the reservation and found in his vehicle the feet and feathers of a golden eagle he had shot near Polson, Montana, according to ...