Kingfishers have captured the fancy of people for centuries. In Greek mythology, the gods caused a man to drown, leaving his ...

Belted Kingfishers are already impressive hunters, but what they do with the remains of their prey surprised us. In this ...

The University has not had an official mascot since the removal of Chief Illiniwek in 2007. A recent movement championing the adoption of the belted kingfisher as a mascot is gaining momentum. In ...

And that’s when she found it. “The female Belted Kingfisher, as we like to say, is naturally true to the orange and blue,” Sanborn said. “She’s got those beautiful blue feathers around ...