GAINESVILLE, Fla — A yellow cardinal has become a local sensation in Gainesville. The yellow male Northern Cardinal is a "one-in-a-million," according to Dr. Andy Kratter, the ornithology ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla — A yellow cardinal has become a local sensation in Gainesville. The yellow male Northern Cardinal is a "one-in-a-million," according to Dr. Andy Kratter, the ornithology ...

As we observed this week, the male cardinal is one of the most devoted of avian dads. A pair of cardinals raises two or three broods per year. The female does most of the nest-building but the ...

Occasionally, a genetic mutation occurs in a cardinal, turning its feathers yellow instead of red. In mid-winter, the male and female, now in their most brilliant attire, engage in courtship feeding.

A "once-in-a-lifetime” sighting made by a Pennsylvania birdwatcher took internet flight in late February 2021 when photographs claimed to capture a half-male, half-female northern cardinal. The ...

And a well-fed male should have a food-rich territory to nourish her baby birds. Whatever the case, the male sits on a prominent perch and belts out his love song.

A recently spotted cardinal in Erie, Pennsylvania, that is part male, part female, is a gynandromorph, referring to a mutation that occurs in insects, birds, and even chicken.

A cardinal that appears to be half-female and half-male was recently spotted in Pennsylvania. Jamie Hill, a birdwatcher for 48 years, documented the unusual sighting in a Facebook post on Sunday.

Researchers believe that the cardinal frequenting the Caldwells’ bird feeder in Erie, Pa., is a rare bilateral gynandromorph, half male and half female.

Cardinal parenthood is an intense process, with the male and female parents working together to feed the babies up to eight times an hour, mostly with insects.