The Waka Huia performs a Maori welcome ceremony at St Mark's square on June 3, 2009, and a male and female huia sit on a tree branch in an artist's illustration.ANDREA PATTARO/AFP via Getty Images and ...

Explore how the vulturine guinea fowl’s striking blue and white feathers serve more than beauty. From structural coloration ...

Super-black feathers on these guys are like looking into a dark cave. Natasha Baucas, CC BY-SA What do birds and aerospace engineers have in common? Both have invented incredibly dark, “super-black” ...

When you think of bird songs, you probably think of songs that come from their mouths. But hummingbirds have a whole different kind of music—one that comes from their feathers. As they fly, they ...

We heard a thin, high-pitched sound repeated several times while walking up a snow-covered hill in a spruce forest. Could it be a golden-crowned kinglet surviving in these sub-freezing temperatures?

Startup Spotlight profiles tech startups in the Pacific Northwest. by Lisa Stiffler on Nov 7, 2019 at 3:30 pm November 7, 2019 at 2:03 pm Team Feather from left to right: CEO and co-founder Andy Lin; ...

Hydrogen fuel cell technology is full of promise, but it’s being held back by the problem of storing the dangerous gas safely and efficiently. Some U.S. scientists have been tackling this, and their ...

WAIMEA — The feather lei, which has traversed time from prized adornment for ancient royalty to the hat brims of paniolo, is a fine art kept alive in Waimea by Leonetta (Leo) Kimura Mills. ADVERTISING ...