Rats have made the various aviaries at Singapore's only bird park their home and have been running amok in the bird ...

because the group of birds-of-paradise that aren’t biofluorescent don’t have that ultra-black feather.” There are more than 11,000 known bird species, but only a handful of groups are known ...

Biofluorescence seen on an emperor bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea guilielmi) in the museum's collection, showing the top of the bird (left) and its tail plumage (right). (Rene Martin) Most male birds ...

Greater bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea apoda ... 45 species in 17 genera in the family Paradsaeidae - also known as birds-of-paradise. These birds live across eastern Australia, Indonesia, and ...

A male Paradisaea rubra, or red bird-of-paradise.Credit ... flamboyant shuffles along an immaculate forest floor — male birds-of-paradise have many ways to woo a potential mate.

New research reports, for the first time, the widespread occurrence of biofluorescence in birds-of-paradise. The study, based on specimens collected since the 1800s, finds biofluorescence in 37 of ...

throat or inner mouth Sara Hashemi Daily Correspondent Scientists found biofluorescence in most species of birds-of-paradise, including the emperor bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea guilielmi), shown ...

Sparks could access a vast array of bird specimens at AMNH. A preliminary sweep through the museum’s ornithology collection with a blue light confirmed his suspicions, revealing fluorescent traces in ...

Elaborate poses, tufts of feathers, flamboyant shuffles along an immaculate forest floor — male birds-of-paradise have many ways to woo a potential mate. But now, by examining prepared specimens ...

A decade ago, Museum Curator John Sparks – an ichthyologist by training – noticed that certain bird species, including some birds-of-paradise, glowed green-yellow when exposed to specific wavelengths ...