Meet the recognizable and beloved northern cardinal. Get cardinal bird facts, including why male cardinals are red, and where ...

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We exposed nesting Northern Cardinals (C. cardinalis) to models of three predators of cardinal eggs or nestlings (black rat snake [Elaphe obsoleta], Blue Jay [Cyanocitta cristata], and eastern ...

New scientific results have strengthened the case that the ubiquitous northern cardinal could be two species of bird or more. Scientists most recently performed an analysis of cardinals on either side ...

The western meadowlark is Wyoming's state bird.

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 in ...

This video shows a great example of molting with a very bald Blue Jay who also displays how he can store food (peanuts, in this case) in his “crop.” The crop is an expandable pouch in the throat that ...

Sometimes bird names are conveniently separated by directions. For instance, there are eastern and western meadowlarks. Can you guess on which side of the continent each species lives? Well, duh.

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- A Port St. Lucie woman made a "one in a million" find recently, discovering a rare yellow cardinal outside her home. Photography is one of Tracy Workmans ...

A northern cardinal was caught in central Texas with a rare abnormality that causes it to have female plumage on one side of its body and male on the other. Typically male cardinals are the well-known ...