Birds of a feather flock together, the adage goes. But a rare bird spotted in Texas suggests there's more ornithological intermingling than previously thought. When researchers at the University of ...

A woman in a San Antonio suburb took a photo one spring morning in 2021 of a bird in her yard that looked odd. Its feathers were as blue as any Blue Jay, but its body patterns and chunky black mask ...

(CNN) - Researchers in Texas say they’ve identified the first-known wild hybrid between a blue jay and a green jay. According to a study published earlier this month in the journal “Ecology and ...

UNIVERSAL CITY, Texas – A Universal City woman discovered a rare hybrid bird in her backyard. Donna Currey, a retired U.S. Air Force veteran, said she was sitting on her porch three years ago when she ...

Scientists are continuing to find ways in which climate change is impacting animal species and ecosystems. Warming temperatures have prompted a rare hybridization of a blue jay and green jay, ...