With their bright orange and red feathers, North American coot chicks stick out like safety vests. A new study by the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) indicates that such coloration not only ...

It's no longer a secret that the Coot machines are totally cool and they can do things other off-road could not even dare dream about. While they're not built for speed, Coots will succeed in places ...

The American coot is a somewhat drab water bird with gray and black feathers and a white beak, common in wetlands throughout North America. Coot chicks, however, sport outrageously bright orange and ...

Remarkable pictures show a coot defending its chicks from a buzzard by drowning the bird just a foot away from its nest. The images show the mother coot, which are known to be aggressively territorial ...

Is it a bird, a duck, a cross between a duck, bird and chicken? On land coots look somewhat comical, especially how they walk; sort of like a cross between a chicken and a duck. One close encounter ...

One early spring day, Barb and Joe Rogers, managers of Wildlife Recovery Association, happily watched a coot as it slowly worked its way along the edge of Little Swamp Sanctuary's wetland, pushing ...