Seeing a female cardinal in my yard reminded me how much my grandfather loves all of us,” says Ava Huffman. To other people, spotting a cheerful red cardinal means that their family member or ...

Female cardinals don’t get bright red because the genes responsible for converting carotenoids into red plumage are less active in them. Tap, tap, tap. This showoff knows he’s dashing and ...

A study in Ecology Letters shows birds worldwide make strategic decisions about how they live based on their environmental conditions. Some live fast, die young, and leave as many chicks as possible.

Chicago Bears matriarch Virginia Halas McCaskey, who died in February, was not the first woman to become principal owner of an NFL team. Yet the woman who was lived nearby.

At first, I thought it was a female cardinal, which are mostly dull red and about the same size. Definitely not a stray ...