In 2020, archaeologists uncovered the well-preserved remains of a mummified bird from the Siberian permafrost. The bird was ...

"I always thought freezing birds [after bathing in a birdbath] was a myth, until one evening I picked up six cardinals, all unable to fly because their feathers had frozen and they literally could ...

With latex-gloved hands, Gieser transferred bags of more than 300 frozen birds and bats — lifting them from state-owned coolers and then gingerly placing them into coolers owned by his university.

May 22 (UPI) --A New Zealand auction house said a single feather from an extinct huia bird became the most expensive feather in the world when it sold for $28,417.Webb's Auction House said the ...

With latex-gloved hands, Gieser transferred bags of more than 300 frozen birds and bats—lifting them from state-owned coolers and then gingerly placing them into coolers owned by his university.

The possession of feathers and other parts of native North American birds without a permit is banned by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, says the website of the U..S. Fish & Wildlife Service.