Birds-of-paradise have some of the most famous mating ... museum samples of these birds are preserved with beaks closed. Other males from different species may use the bright fluorescent patches ...

Q: How does this dance look to the lady bird? A: It’s incredible how different it looks from above. You just see a black oval instead of a ballerina with a tutu on. The iridescence of the breast ...

There are 45 different species of birds-of-paradise, and I was able to analyze all of the species... and of those, 37 of them are biofluorescent, so a huge majority of them are.” The team ...

Biofluorescence is a phenomenon where an organism absorbs light at one wavelength and re-emits it at a different ... This ...

This bird measures between 25 and 26 cm, with males reaching 26 cm and females 25 cm. For a bird of paradise, it is small but ...

Birds of paradise are found in New Guinea and surrounding islands. The manucodes and riflebirds species also dwell in Australia. Birds of paradise are so attractive that their appearance once made ...

Biofluorescence is widespread in birds-of-paradise, a group of tropical birds famous for their spectacular courtship dances.

understanding why they [birds of paradise] are so colourful and dance so well is a mystery Ed and Tim have spent years trying to understand Evolutionary biologist Prof Ed Scholes, and wildlife ...

Birds-of-paradise are among the most resplendent creatures on Earth, with long, elaborate feathers in eye-popping shades of yellow, blue, and red. Naturalists have admired them for centuries. Yet it ...

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.