The average songbird has anywhere from 2,000 to 4,000 feathers. A swan can have up to 25,000. But if Bill Rice had to think about that, he'd hang up his band saw, rasp and hook knife and go back to ...

In the 17th century, a gardener created a strange book of birds in which the illustrations were completely made of feathers. We have no idea why he made it, although it has been suggested that it ...

Todd Forsgren ruffles feathers every time he takes a picture. A photographer and professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Forsgren has been recording images of wild birds in the moments ...

Birds have always stolen the show with their vibrant shades of feathers, turning ordinary skies into living canvases of colour. These feathered gems from around the world remind us how nature outdoes ...