Birds-of-paradise have some of the most famous mating displays in the world, but there's more to their colorful rhythmic ...

Interestingly, birds remain woefully understudied when it comes to the optical extras. Until now, no one had looked for the ...

for birds to develop in. Per the statement, Matthew Lamanna, a co-author of the study and paleontologist at the Carnegie ...

Birds-of-paradise are even colorful in the dark, with feathers and body parts that glow a brilliant yellow-green under ...

Does a duck always look like a duck and quack like a duck? Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, ...

Scientists find that 82 percent of birds-of-paradise species show biofluorescence, often on their feathers, throat or inner ...

New research by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln reports, for the ...

Birds-of-paradise number around 45 species and typically have elaborate feathers, colors, and mating displays. Birds also ...

A new study in Nature describing a fossil of a nearly complete and intact bird skull from Antarctica is shedding light on the ...

Study finds that birds-of-paradise are biofluorescent, suggesting that this "hidden" phenomenon provides enhanced signaling for hierarchy and courtship.

New research reports, for the first time, the widespread occurrence of biofluorescence in birds-of-paradise. The study, based on specimens collected since the 1800s, finds biofluorescence in 37 of the ...

HOUSTON — A new exhibition featuring a rare collection of prints is coming to the Houston Museum of Natural Science next month. The Audubon's Birds of America exhibition will feature 46 prints ...