These Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest images celebrate our feathered friends Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries Text by Tracy Scott Forson Photographs selected by Jeff Campagna With a white frame ...

Bright, beautiful birds face the highest wildlife-trade pressure, as aesthetic preferences shape demand across continents.

A new global study finds that the visual beauty of birds—their colors and shapes—predicts which wild species are traded by people. By analyzing data for over 9000 bird species, researchers discovered ...

Sparrows are small, common birds found worldwide. They belong to the family Passeridae, often called "true sparrows". These plump, brown, and grey birds are known for their short tails and strong, ...