"Actually my husband kept telling me it was a cardinal and I argued that there was no such thing," said Chelsea Curry, who has been visited by the bird for more than a year.

A rare yellow northern cardinal spotted in Alabama in 2018 became an internet sensation and opened millions of people’s eyes to a spectacular power of genetic mutation.

The homeowner who first spotted the new yellow cardinal requested that her identity not be disclosed in this story to protect the bird, and her property, from unwanted attention.

While Sunny was a first for Florida, it's not the first time a yellow cardinal with a rare genetic color mutation has been photographed in the U.S.

Bird watchers are flocking to a small Alabama city this week to catch a glimpse of a cardinal with a one-in-a-million genetic mutation that causes its bright red feathers to be a striking shade of ...

There are only 10-12 yellow cardinals in North America, and Chelsea and Richard Curry found one in their backyard.

A rare yellow cardinal once again has been spotted by a bird watcher, this time in Theodore, Alabama.

Hill said the mutation is so rare that he has never seen one in person. "I've been birdwatching in the range of cardinals for 40 years and I've never seen a yellow bird in the wild," Hill said.

Gators are normally the animal of choice at the University of Florida. But this month, a yellow cardinal has soared to the top of the university’s popularity list.

Hill said the mutation is so rare that he has never seen one in person. "I've been birdwatching in the range of cardinals for 40 years and I've never seen a yellow bird in the wild," Hill said.