Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A bright red bird is one of the most eye-catching wonders of nature. Beyond their beauty, there is a reason behind that pop of color. Male birds are typically the brightly colored ones, which helps ...

Still looking for your first pine siskin or purple finch of the winter? Or maybe one of those perky, ever-busy red-breasted nuthatches? Well, you can likely forget about them. They'll probably not ...

The redder, the better. And I’m not talking about beets, roses or presidential candidates. I’m talking birds. Well, some birds. In various species, red coloration in a male’s feathers or beak is an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credit: Rhododendrites - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0/Wiki Commons. Red birds are a vibrant addition to any garden, bringing ...

Finches instinctively avoid competitors coloured red, rather than learning to fear the colour during their upbringing, Australian research concludes. 1 The results are tempting researchers to suspect ...

Two teams of researchers have independently identified a gene-encoded enzyme in birds that converts yellow pigments obtained from the diet into red pigments, which birds then use to color their ...

Male house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus) that are have more brightly colored red breast feathers are healthier than duller, yellower ones, and their coloration visually signals their fitness to ...