Wilson's bird-of-paradise has unusual curled tail feathers. Serhan Oksay / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-3.0. A fancy tail doesn’t have to be exceptionally long — it can also be exceptionally ...

Birds come in all shapes, colors, and sizes, but some are particularly breathtaking. Here’s a look at five beautiful birds ...

Wilson's bird of paradise also has two distinctive, sickle-shaped tail feathers. The bird is so elusive that it took scientists 150 years to document its courtship display, during which the male ...

Birds are feathered beauties, with some having tail feathers that make them look stunningly beautiful. Species such as the Long-tailed Widowbirds and the Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo have ...

Take, for example, the Resplendent Quetzal, a small, colorful bird native to the cloud forests of Mexico and Central America with tail feathers that can grow up to three feet long on males during ...

It was a small bird, about the size of a bluejay, but its tail was more than 150% the length of its body. And the tail's length isn't the only unusual thing about it.

Shimmery. Spiky. Shaggy. Soft. Feathers are what make birds so alluring—but these photographs remind us that they also tell a story about the science of evolution.

This striking plume of yellow is the fluorescing tail feathers of a male emperor bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea guilielmi). Birds-of-paradise are known for their bright colours and courtship displays.

His red chest stood out against the lush greenery, and his long, flowing tail feathers—among the longest found in birds—moved gracefully in the breeze. The scene was unforgettable.

The quetzal first appeared in 1924, named after the quetzal bird to commemorate the ancient Mayans’ use of the bird’s feathers as currency. Modern banknotes prominently feature pictures of ...