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Birds-of-Paradise Feathers Are More Than Flashy—They Glow
Researchers recently discovered that dozens of species in the flamboyant family are biofluorescent, emitting a gleaming light ...
9 Nesting Materials That Are Safe to Leave Out for Birds (and 3 That Aren't)
Many people love to support their backyard birds with food and water, but they don’t always realize they can also provide ...
Smoke detectors in the sky: Will wildfire affect bird behavior?
As thick clouds of smoke rolled across Los Angeles in early January, Allison Shultz opened a freezer and took out a stash of ...
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How fish biologists discovered birds of paradise have fluorescent feathers
A survey of museum specimens reveals that more than a dozen species of the birds sport biofluorescence in feathers, skin or even inside their throats.
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When birds lose the ability to fly, their bodies change faster than their feathers, scientists discover
"Pete pointed out that when trying to understand why a modern bird looks the way it does, you can't just think about natural ...
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Birds-of-paradise ‘glow’ with their skin and feathers
“They’ve evolved bright metallic-looking feathers that shine and reflect light ... The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London As they watch, female birds-of-paradise see far more of the ...
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Smoke detectors in the sky: Will wildfire affect bird behavior?
Ornithologists at the Natural History Museum and UCLA are ... delicately pointing at the bird’s soiled feathers with a gloved finger. More than a century later, fine particles of pollution ...
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When birds lose the ability to fly, their bodies change faster than their feathers, scientists discover
In a study in the journal Evolution, researchers compared the feathers and bodies ... understand why a modern bird looks the way it does, you can't just think about natural selection or relaxation ...