Colorful birds, giant snakes, and even baby kangaroos drew crowds to this year’s Exotic Animal Expo, which brought dozens of ...

Lilac-breasted Roller tops the list with nine distinct colors. Structural coloration, not just pigments, gives birds their vibrant hues. Birds' spectacular colors are crucial for survival and mating.

The pale-tufted cockatoo waddled pigeon-toed across the floor, then hopped up onto the toe of his visitor's shoe. Apparently, satisfied that he found a convenient vehicle for escape, he happily ...

Birds are some of the most colorful animals on Earth, with a palette of rainbow tones to feast your eyes on. Here are our picks for some of our most flamboyant feathered friends. When you purchase ...

Just like wallpaper, the plumage of parrots can be exotic or drab, eye-catching or camouflaging, colorful or practically monochrome. In Claire Rosen’s photo essay, Birds of a Feather, parrots are ...

DEL MAR, Calif. — From dawn to dusk, squawks of beautiful birds fill the air, their colorful feathers fluffing in the wind at Free Flight Exotic Bird Sanctuary in Del Mar. The jungle by the sea is a ...

Many exotic bird species have made Southern California their home, breeding and living here year-round, with several populations of these birds skyrocketing in recent years. Doug Willick, who records ...

While waiting in line to meet Santa Claus at the North Hanover Mall this past holiday season, kids were asking their parents to get pictures with another attraction. The birds at Ruffled Feathers, a ...

Police are looking for the owner of a large, colorful exotic bird that was found Monday afternoon in southwest suburban Palos Park. The flamboyant fowl was spotted “acting suspicious” in the 7900 ...

Much like German-speaking parrots everywhere, I envision spending my retirement in a castle atop a hill with a view of nearby forests and farms, where I eat at my whim from the hands of delighted ...

The typical wild green form of the Lineolated parakeet does not appear on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services' approved captive-bred bird import list, but it does allow other color mutations that do ...