For female North American barn swallows, looking good pays healthy dividends. A new study conducted at the University of Colorado Boulder and involving Cornell University shows the outward appearance ...

Barn swallows live almost everywhere on the planet, recognizable by their forked tail and agility in the air. Yet while they share these characteristics, these little birds often look slightly ...

TEMPE, Ariz. – In the world of birds, where fancy can be as fleeting as flight, the color of the bird apparently has a profound effect on more than just its image. A new study of barn swallows reveals ...

Clearly they were about to fledge. The "baby" Barn Swallows were so large that they barely fit inside their nest of dried mud anymore. Based on color and size, they looked pretty much like adult Barn ...

If a male barn swallow’s plumage is more attractive than that of other males, his mate is less likely to have furtive flings with other wooers, new research suggests. Even plumage changes during the ...

Researchers think that local parasites are influencing why barn swallows in Europe, the Middle East and Colorado are choosing their mates differently. Their new research finds that these parasites ...

Barn swallows live almost everywhere on the planet, recognizable by their forked tail and agility in the air. Yet while they share these characteristics, these little birds often look slightly ...