On a windy spring day in Iowa, the American goldfinch frequently darts through the gray sky with a quick burst of yellow and ...

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A pair of scientific papers has identified the same single gene as the source of red colouring in birds. The gene makes an enzyme that lets the birds convert yellow pigments, which they eat, into red ...

For canaries, just seeing their feathered friends get sick may be enough to preemptively rev up their immune systems. Healthy birds housed within view of fellow fowl infected with a common pathogen ...