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

Study finds that birds-of-paradise are biofluorescent, suggesting that this "hidden" phenomenon provides enhanced signaling for hierarchy and courtship.

Birds of paradise are found in New Guinea and surrounding islands. The manucodes and riflebirds species also dwell in Australia. Birds of paradise are so attractive that their appearance once made ...

New research reports, for the first time, the widespread occurrence of biofluorescence in birds-of-paradise. The study, based ...