Researchers recently discovered that dozens of species in the flamboyant family are biofluorescent, emitting a gleaming light ...

Many people love to support their backyard birds with food and water, but they don’t always realize they can also provide ...

"Pete pointed out that when trying to understand why a modern bird looks the way it does, you can't just think about natural ...

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.

As thick clouds of smoke rolled across Los Angeles in early January, Allison Shultz opened a freezer and took out a stash of ...

“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 ...

She and her team studied a treasure trove of specimens at the American Museum of Natural History ... 37 of the 45 known species of birds of paradise have feathers that fluoresce.

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 ...

In a new study in the journal Evolution, researchers compared the feathers and ... to understand why a modern bird looks the way it does, you can't just think about natural selection or relaxation ...

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 ...