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 ...

A laughing kookaburra at Raven Street Reserve in McDowall, Queensland, Australia. The sex-reversed birds were all classified in three ways: genetic males that have a complete feminine phenotype (i.e.

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 ...

When a homeowner in northern Florida looked out at her bird feeders the first weekend in March, she thought she saw a red-headed woodpecker. There was a brown bird nibbling at the wild bird seed with ...

An extremely rare 'mutant' bird that is half male and half female has been discovered in Colombia. Scientists have revealed that a bird with half its feathers green and the other blue features both ...

Researchers at a nature reserve in Pennsylvania discovered a truly odd bird - one with both male and female feather coloring. Rose-breasted grosbeaks are sexually dimorphic, meaning males and females ...

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 ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Scientists have discovered a gynandromorphic (two-sexed) bird in a Pennsylvania ...