These colors distinguish them as some of the world's most dramatic and attractive birds. Males often sport vibrant feathered ruffs or amazingly elongated feathers, which are known as wires or ...

This story appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Sometimes the sounds of a vocalist warming up drift through the lush aviaries of Umgeni River Bird Park. The prima donna ...

The song of the chingolo can be heard across South America. But young songbirds were no longer learning the tunes of their elders—until scientists stepped in.

Birds, it turns out ... This story appears in the February 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. The American crows in Gabriella Mann’s Seattle Neighborhood love her, and the eight ...

During mating rituals, male birds show off their feet to prospective mates with a high-stepping strut. The bluer the feet, the more attractive the mate. These boobies live off the western coasts ...

PHILIPPINE EAGLE FOUNDATION, DAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES This story appears in the August 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine ... who’d never heard of those animals to commit to protecting ...

In December 2017, after a National Geographic investigative ... But we know that animals feel pain. All mammals have a similar neuroanatomy. Birds, reptiles, and amphibians all have pain receptors.