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 ...

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

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

"The exhibition will look at both the legend which built up around him and the more complex, problematic realities," HMNS ...

Digital reconstruction of the Late Cretaceous (~69 million years old) crown bird Vegavis iaai that was completed following ...

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

Certain birds that gave rise to today’s ducks and geese found sanctuary in Antarctica during a mass extinction event 66 ...

A new study in Nature describing a fossil of a nearly complete and intact bird skull from Antarctica is shedding light on the ...

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 ...

The Ringing Centre at Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus coordinates bird ringing activities in Finland. The centre is responsible for, among other things, the maintenance of databases, the ...