Birds-of-paradise are even colorful in the dark, with feathers and body parts that glow a brilliant yellow-green under ...

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.

Birds-of-paradise have long fascinated scientists with their dazzling courtship displays, but new research reveals they have ...

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.

It had feathers and wings, so it was clearly a bird — but it sported a long tail and sharp claws, which seemed reptilian. A smattering of other feathery Jurassic fossils, including those known ...

Birds-of-paradise can emit green, yellow and pale blue light from ... where colour is a matter of life and death. The tropics have long been perceived as being a riot of colour.

Researchers described biofluorescence in 37 of the 45 known species of birds-of-paradise, found only in ... Some species had long, glowing plumes, gleaming bills, or sported glimmering spots ...

Costa Rica, a small Central American country nestled between Nicaragua and Panama, is a world-renowned destination for ...

Many types of birds — such as hummingbirds, peacocks and parrots — are vividly colorful, but birds-of-paradise are especially ... Some species had long, glowing plumes, gleaming bills, or ...