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Discovery: these birds emit fluorescent light 🦜
Birds of paradise, already famous for their spectacular courtship displays, reveal a new astonishing facet: their ability to ...
Birds of Paradise Glow on Mating Parade
Interestingly, birds remain woefully understudied when it comes to the optical extras. Until now, no one had looked for the ...
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Most Birds-of-Paradise Are Secretly Biofluorescent, Study Finds
Birds-of-paradise have some of the most famous mating displays in the world, but there's more to their colorful rhythmic ...
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Birds-of-Paradise Glow to Attract Mates, Adding a Flashy Element to Their Impressive Courtship Displays
Scientists find that 82 percent of birds-of-paradise species show biofluorescence, often on their feathers, throat or inner ...
Birds-of-paradise are sending secret color signals invisible to human eyes, scientists say
Birds-of-paradise are even colorful in the dark, with feathers and body parts that glow a brilliant yellow-green under ...
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Cretaceous fossil from Antarctica reveals earliest modern bird
Digital reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous (~69 million years old) crown bird Vegavis iaai that was completed following ...
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Rare bird skull from the age of dinosaurs helps illuminate avian evolution
A new study in Nature describing a fossil of a nearly complete and intact bird skull from Antarctica is shedding light on the ...
These Birds-Of-Paradise Are Glowing. Here’s Why It Matters
Study finds that birds-of-paradise are biofluorescent, suggesting that this "hidden" phenomenon provides enhanced signaling for hierarchy and courtship.
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Rare collection of bird illustrations to go on display at Houston Museum of Natural Science
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 ...
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Off a dirt road in the middle of Vermont's woods sits a bird-lovers dream
IT’S ON A DIRT ROAD IN WHAT FEELS LIKE THE MIDDLE OF THE WOODS, BUT THE BIRDS OF VERMONT MUSEUM IS ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE EXHIBITS I’VE EVER SEEN. I OFTEN SAY WE’RE A SMALL NATURAL HISTORY ...
Study finds that birds-of-paradise are biofluorescent
New research reports, for the first time, the widespread occurrence of biofluorescence in birds-of-paradise. The study, based ...