Researchers described biofluorescence in 37 of the 45 known species of birds-of-paradise, found only in remote tropical forests and woodland habitats of Papua New Guinea, eastern Indonesia and ...

Researchers recently discovered that dozens of species in the flamboyant family are biofluorescent, emitting a gleaming light ...

With flashy feathers and fancy moves, birds of paradise are already known for extravagant ... So the possibility of intensifying color through biofluorescence fits right in. Fluorescence is ...

Birds-of-paradise are known for their bright colours and courtship displays. Now, it turns out that many species also have body parts that fluoresce ...

Birds-of-paradise can emit green, yellow and pale blue light from their bodies. It’s believed this ability – known as biofluorescence – helps the birds to stand out or hide in their tropical forest ...

Biofluorescence is seen on an emperor bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea guilielmi ... and emits it as a different color. In recent years, Museum Curator John Sparks, an ichthyologist, and his ...

so you can really only see any other color that comes back. 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 ...

Very few plants command attention in your home and garden like the unusual and captivating bird-of-paradise plant ... of root ...

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(CNN) — Many types of birds — such as hummingbirds, peacocks and parrots — are vividly colorful, but birds-of-paradise are especially flamboyant with hues of emerald, lemon, cobalt and ruby.