Shown here is the normal plumage of an adult northern cardinal. The female northern cardinal is often thought of as not having a crest like its male counterpart. But the female cardinal does have ...

Photograph by Shirley Caldwell Gynandromorphy like that in this cardinal occurs when a female egg cell develops with two nuclei—one with a Z and one with a W—and it’s “double fertilized ...

"I knew I was looking at something different and something pretty special," Caldwell, who snapped photos of the cardinal, told As It Happens host Carol Off. "It is a half-male, half-female ...

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 Waterford, Pennsylvania, man saw a northern cardinal that appeared to be male on its right side and female on its left. "It was one of the experiences of a lifetime," Hill said about the bird ...

Because male and female cardinals look markedly different, the gynandromorphs among them can be easily spotted. Male cardinals are the deep-red color commonly associated with the bird, but female ...

Fortunately, it's actually very easy to tell the difference between a male and female cardinal. Once you learn the trick for ...

A crimson-red male sat at the top of the tree and sent out his advertisement to a nearby female. I wait every winter for the first song of the cardinal to pierce the neighborhood with its ...

Seeing a female cardinal in my yard reminded me how much my grandfather loves all of us,” says Ava Huffman. To other people, spotting a cheerful red cardinal means that their family member or ...

This meeting was called at the initiative of the cardinal in response to some members being frustrated by his absence from a meeting scheduled for last week. “I’m not known in the Church for ...

You can easily distinguish adult males and females by color: In contrast to the female's muted plumage, males are bright red birds. (Northern Cardinals get their name from this color, which ...

Cardinal Victor Fernández, the prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, announced that the female diaconate will be the subject of a more in-depth study under the impetus of the ...