Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A pair of Europe’s most colorful birds were spotted in central Germany yesterday after having returned to their breeding grounds ...

This footage captures a colorful bee-eater perched quietly on a branch while holding a freshly caught insect. Known for their agility and precision, bee-eaters spend much of their day searching for ...

A hidden camera captured a rare moment of colorful bee-eater birds near their nesting site. These stunning birds were observed up close as they stayed near their burrow, revealing a hidden side of ...

My friend Trip Lamb’s recent photographs from Africa reinforced for me the value of vicarious ecology, which I define as enjoying someone else’s outdoor experiences. Vicarious ecology offers ways to ...

One of the more fascinating and beautiful families of birds in Africa is one we don’t see in the Western Hemisphere, Meropidae, the family of Bee-eaters. The name Meropidae is derived from Merops, ...