Birds of Paradise Glow on Mating Parade
Interestingly, birds remain woefully understudied when it comes to the optical extras. Until now, no one had looked for the ...
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Birds-of-Paradise Glow to Attract Mates, Adding a Flashy Element to Their Impressive Courtship Displays
Scientists find that 82 percent of birds-of-paradise species show biofluorescence, often on their feathers, throat or inner ...
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Mammals, birds in Vietnam’s rare coastal forests revealed by camera traps
By Carolyn Cowan In 2019, scientists rediscovered a species of miniature deer long lost to science within the dry coastal ...
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Birds-of-paradise use secret biofluorescence to attract mates
Biofluorescence is widespread in birds-of-paradise, a group of tropical birds famous for their spectacular courtship dances.
Birds have ways to cope after an ice storm
Gazing out my window, I see trees and plants painted silver, with tiny diamonds reflecting the rays of the morning sun. The ice storm had slipped through undetected in the dead of night, leaving ...
Bird Walks in Vikarabad and Gajwel Forests on February 23 and March 2
The Telangana Forest Development Corporation (TGFDC), under the brand name of ‘Deccan Woods & Trails’, would conduct Bird ...
What bird is that? How you can easily identify a bird you see in the wild: Video
Watch video that will help you learn how to easily identify the birds you see and hear in the wild and become the best bird ...
Widespread biofluorescence in birds-of-paradise suggests enhanced signaling for hierarchy and courtship displays
New research by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln reports, for the ...
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Blessing the ‘birds’ critical to saving Kauaʻi forest birds
Typically, the annual blessings are conducted at Kōkeʻe, near the Alaka‘i Plateau where, for nearly 20 years, staff from the Kaua‘i Forest Bird Recovery Project have worked to save the island’s native ...