Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rare hybrid bird identified in a suburb of San Antonio is the result of mating between a male blue jay and a female green jay.

Birds are some of nature’s most beautiful creatures — but a few of our feathered friends are truly bizarre — like these 25 weirdest birds in the world.

Two years ago, Brian Stokes—a PhD student studying green jays at the University of Texas at Austin—came across an image on social media featuring a strange animal sighted in a suburb northeast of San ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Birds of prey typically fit into a common mold: they are ...

A study in South Africa analyzed the helmeted guineafowl to discover how the iconic sub-Saharan bird manages extreme fluctuations in temperature. This brightly colored bird with a bony head protrusion ...

If you ever find yourself wandering through the forests of Peru, you’re likely to notice a unique and colorful bird called the Andean cock-of-the-rock. As you’ll see in this YouTube video, this unique ...

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