Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With more than 10,000 bird species on Earth, narrowing down the most beautiful is no simple task. Beauty in the natural world can ...

As winter takes hold, look no further than the National Aviary as the place to trade gloomy weather for tropical splendor. The new season “Seaside Escape” showcases the magnificence of all the ...

To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator, bordered by the Tropic of Cancer in the north and the Tropic of Capricorn in ...

You might think that the neotropics are one big mating party, but even in places that stay green and vibrant year-round, ...

In a climate-controlled chamber in South Africa, a trumpeter hornbill pants rapidly, its throat pouch fluttering as ...

PHILADELPHIA—A book on tropical birds that recently won the 2010 International Book Award for best interior design relied heavily on the scientific expertise and hundreds of bird images from the ...

COLUMBUS , Ohio – In the steamy tropics, even the birds find the pace of life a bit more relaxed, research shows. Tropical birds expend less energy at rest than do birds living in more northern ...

We expect tropical animals to handle a certain degree of heat, but not wild swings in temperature. That seems to be true for tropical ectotherms, or 'cold-blooded' animals such as amphibians, reptiles ...