A bright red bird is one of the most eye-catching wonders of nature. Beyond their beauty, there is a reason behind that pop ...

The scarlet tanager hasn't been seen in several decades. Shocked birdwatchers flocked to a peaceful cul-de-sac in Yorkshire after hearing that a rare species had been spotted by someone's home.

It had been a long time since I last saw a breeding male scarlet tanager. Eight years, in fact. And then, wow! It was just outside the door, sipping at the bubble rock on our little patio. What ...

WILD OF THE WEEK Two views of scarlet tanagers came in recent weeks. Paul Vriend emailed, “The vivid red and the jet-black colors of this scarlet tanager make for a fun day of photography.

The female scarlet tanager is similar to female summer tanager, with noticeable differences in wing coloration and bill structure. This female was photographed at Squaw Creek Park.

Female scarlet tanagers that need to hide from predators are the universal female bird, olive backs and yellowish bellies. This is the same color that males take on once the breeding season is done.

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 ...

A scarlet tanager is a case in point His brilliant plumage is the first thing that attracts one to him, and one looks no further for his characteristic traits. One is likely always to think of the ...

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.

The scarlet tanager was the first bird that introduced me to seasonal diets. I always thought insect-eating birds eat insects, seed-eating birds eat seeds, fruit-eating birds eat fruits.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- An early bird sighting in Lincoln Park. It's at least a week early. But there it was in Lincoln Park. A scarlet tanager. "It is the first one I've seen this season. From what I've ...