Bright red cardinals are commonly part of Christmas cards, holiday decor and the general spirit of wintertime. This bird, called the Northern Cardinal, is North Carolina’s state bird (six other ...

Just before Christmas, two backyard birders in Michigan were in for the ultimate surprise–a yellow Northern Cardinal. Arlene and John McDaniel spotted the incredibly rare bird in their backyard ...

BATH TOWNSHIP, MI – A yellow northern cardinal is a rare thing and Michigan’s got one. Michiganders Arlene and John McDaniel have been backyard birders for nearly four decades and just before ...

Ornithologist Geoffrey Hill, a professor at Auburn University in Alabama, who previously said the yellow northern cardinal was a "one-in-a-million bird" said it is actually more rare than that.

This bird, called the Northern Cardinal, is North Carolina’s state bird (six other states also claim the Northern Cardinal). The News & Observer dug in to see why this bird has become so ...

This bird, called the Northern Cardinal, is North Carolina’s state bird (six other states also claim the Northern Cardinal). The News & Observer dug in to see why this bird has become so ...

A male northern cardinal is captured by the motion-sensitive Bird Buddy camera in columnist John Kelly's backyard. The feeder has a WiFi-enabled camera. (John Kelly/The Washington Post ...

The cardinal became the state bird in Ohio and Indiana in the same year — 1933. Kentucky, North Carolina, West Virginia and Virginia followed suit in 1942, 1943, 1949 and 1950, respectively.

The bird appeared to have three feet, and the end of its tail was somehow covered in snow. This wasn’t a real photo at all—it was a photorealistic fantasy created by A.I. Ugh.