Birds-of-paradise have captivated the planet with their elaborate plumage and idiosyncratic mating dances. Some species ...

The birds-of-paradise evolved optimal brilliance to communicate something, and that something is their own attractiveness: Like so many of their striking features, biofluorescence seems to help them ...

And birds of paradise did.” Martin and Carr eventually set up a special blue-light photo booth for bird specimens’ fluorescent portraits. In the pitch dark, feet fluoresced in a variety of ...

Birds-of-paradise are even colorful in the dark, with feathers and body parts that glow a brilliant yellow-green under ultraviolet (UV) light, a new study found.

By moving blue lights over preserved birds-of-paradise in a dark room, the team were able to analyse the light the specimens emitted. They found that males from 21 species had biofluorescence on the ...

Birds-of-paradise are even colorful in the dark, with feathers and body parts that glow a brilliant yellow-green under ultraviolet (UV) light, a new study found.