Simon Griffith receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Birds are perhaps the most colourful group of animals, bringing a splash of colour to the natural world around us every day.

Grand Strand residents may have seen little black-and-white birds turning up in the Myrtle Beach area and along the coast. They’re not penguins but dovekies. There have been at least 15 dovekies found ...

The Black-billed Magpie is unmistakeable, with its striking black and white body pattern and streaming ornamental tail. Often when I meet people who are visiting Colorado or relocating from the ...

Black birds. Good or bad? Depending on which black bird species, your answer could be yes or no … or something in between. First of all, we have to get the nomenclature straightened out so we can make ...

I’m thinking that most people have probably heard of a “gaggle” of geese or a “murder” of crows as a way to describe a flock of these particular birds. Warblers also have their collective names. A ...

If you’re out enjoying Alabama’s beaches this weekend for the Fourth of July, you may spot a black and white bird flying very low over the water, or maybe flopped on the sand, trying to rest. It’s the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grand Strand residents may have seen little black-and-white birds turning up in the Myrtle Beach area and along the coast. They’re ...