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

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

Researchers at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna are reporting that Goffin's cockatoos (Cacatua goffiniana) engage ...

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

Birds-of-paradise number around 45 species and typically have elaborate feathers, colors, and mating displays. Birds also ...

Archaeopteryx, long considered the earliest fossil bird, could be knocked off its perch by Baminornis zhenghensis, which ...

Scientists have unearthed in southeastern China the fossil of a quail-sized bird that lived about 150 million years ago ...

Marmalade hoverflies leave northern Europe each autumn to escape the cold winter. A study, by the University of Exeter, ...

Go to his house and leave a box of chocolates at his door, maybe even with a beautiful, poetic note written in cut-out ...

The official count, a legal requirement of the zoo's licence, saw more than 500 animals across 145 species totted up. A ...

Learn what a Baltimore oriole bird looks like and where to see one. The orange and black bird is a welcome visitor in the ...

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