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In New Guinea, There’s A Bird That Can Poison You With Its Feathers
W hen researcher and bird expert Jack Dumbacher was mist-netting in New Guinea, his team accidentally caught a lot of hooded pitohui while looking for the Raggiana bird-of-paradise.No problem ...
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 ...
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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Birds of Paradise
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 ...
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For the first time, a bird has been photographed that had not been seen for 55 years
A bird that had been playing an impressive game of hide-and-seek for over half a century has finally been caught on camera on ...
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Meet 5 ‘Poisonous Birds’ Of Nature—Introduced In 6 Beautiful Sketches
Here are five bird species that use poison as a defense mechanism—described here in words and illustrations. The hooded pitohui, endemic to New Guinea, is one of the most well-known poisonous birds.