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

Winter poses several challenges for birds. Scarce food supplies and limited water are obvious challenges for nearly all of them. Extremely cold temperatures, strong winds, driving snow and ...

This striking plume of yellow is the fluorescing tail feathers of a male emperor bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea guilielmi). Birds-of-paradise are known for their bright colours and courtship displays.

“How do you make a hinge? Look at a fruit fly ... the team studied the group of feathers on a bird called covert feathers, of which little is known about their significance on birds. While studying ...

These include very noticeable characteristics, such as feathers and a pair of wings ... of these features appeared at different points in the evolutionary history of birds, making it difficult for ...