In Rector, Pa., researchers have spotted one strange bird. This rose-breasted grosbeak has a pink breast spot and a pink “wing pit” and black feathers on its right wing — telltale shades of males. But ...

Male cardinals are red. Female cardinals are tan. The odd bird that's been roosting outside John and Shirley Caldwell's kitchen in Erie, Pennsylvania, is an even split of both. Divided down the middle ...

Every once in a while, a genetic anomaly will occur in the animal world that blows scientists’ minds. Take, for example, the exotic bird in the image above. It’s “gynandromorphic,” which means a ...

Avian researchers in western Pennsylvania are celebrating the recent discovery of a rose-breasted grosbeak with male and female traits, a rare instance they likened to "seeing a unicorn." The ...

Bird banders in Cook Township banded a one-in-a million bird — a rose-breasted grosbeak with half its body looking like a male and the other half, a female. The bird was banded on Sept. 24 at Carnegie ...

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Editor's note: Jamie Hill was misidentified in a previous version of this story. Longtime birder Jamie Hill of Waterford knew he'd come across something rare when he saw the northern cardinal that ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Male cardinals are red. Female cardinals are tan. The odd bird that's been roosting outside Jeff ...