Bird watchers along Lake Huron photographed the bird, which has been nicknamed Rusty and Creamsicle. But there is no ...

The MSU scientist published a book called “Bird Coloration” with fellow ornithologist Geoffrey Hill from Auburn University. Together they previously studied the phenomenon of yellow northern cardinals ...

The new explanation for the reddish color – the rusty-colored dust known as ferrihydrite – also will help our understanding of the history of water and the possibility of life on Mars.