Is there anything better than seeing a bright red northern cardinal? If you happen to spot a scarlet tanager in the spring, you just might say yes. Here in Massachusetts, we’re so used to seeing our ...

The birder in me shouted; the artist in me gasped; the writer in me struggled. I became aware of the scarlet tanager maybe 50 years ago, and learning of it led to learning about it. The scarlet ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers have identified a new, rare hybrid of two songbirds found in the woods of western Pennsylvania. The offspring of a ...

Penn State researchers have identified a rare hybrid of two western Pennsylvania songbirds. The bird is a combination of the rose-breasted grosbeak and brightly-colored scarlet tanager. Stephen Gosser ...

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Birds with red coloration get birders and non-birders alike excited. Most birds are rather drab, so orioles, warblers, and any bird with splotches of bright colors (orange or yellow or red or even ...

Black-and-white warblers and several species of thrush weren't hard to find at Elmwood Park in Rocky River. A red fox on the prowl appeared unaware it was being watched. The Hinckley Reservation ...

The offspring of a scarlet tanager and rose-breasted grosbeak—distantly related birds whose evolutionary paths diverged 10 million years ago—was recently found in Pennsylvania. A hybrid produced by a ...

You’ve seen them around town. Visitors from afar, moseying about in brightly colored summer garb. No, it’s not Auntie Maude and Uncle Merle from Muskegon meandering on the mall. We’re talking about ...

The offspring of a rose-breasted grosbeak and a scarlet tanager is the "first-ever documented hybrid of its kind." The new hybrid songbird, affectionately called the "tanabeak," was found in the ...