Volunteers from the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center of Orange County released five brown pelicans on Friday, Aug. 14, as ...

Researchers at the University of Granada and the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence have demonstrated a link between urbanization and the plumage color of birds. Species that thrive in ...

There is a bird called the California towhee that is found in almost every yard. It is the most mundane of backyard residents: plain and brown, a chunky, clumsy member of the sparrow family that hops ...

The Saltmarsh Sparrow is a little brown bird with an orange face. It lives in the salt marshes of coastal areas, including New York City — but those habitats are shrinking, and the bird's population ...