Such displays can last for hours, and in many species they consume a significant part of the male's time. Birds of paradise are found in New Guinea and surrounding islands. The manucodes and ...

Study Finds That Birds-of-Paradise Are Biofluorescent Research suggests that "hidden" phenomenon provides enhanced signaling for hierarchy and courtship.

Interestingly, birds remain woefully understudied when it comes to the optical extras. Until now, no one had looked for the ...

Scientists find that 82 percent of birds-of-paradise species show biofluorescence, often on their feathers, throat or inner ...

The bird world has some of the funkiest displays when it comes to attracting a mate. From building elaborate nests to impress ...

New research by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln reports, for the ...

There are actually several different types of bird of paradise plants and the fertilizing schedule is a bit different for each one. It's hard to know everything about bird of paradise before ...

They have been cataloguing the courtship displays of every species of this stunning family of birds. But recently they noticed something new. When female birds of paradise watch males dance ...

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

Fortunately, the paradise parrot is the only mainland Australian bird species that has been lost since Europeans colonized the island continent in 1788. New research published in Austral ...

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 the ...