Birds-of-paradise can emit green, yellow and pale blue light from their bodies. It’s believed this ability – known as biofluorescence – helps the birds to stand out or hide in their tropical forest ...

Male birds of paradise have developed extraordinarily elaborate ways of attracting females. Photographs and specimens on display at a new exhibition at the Australian Museum in Sydney show the range ...

A new study published in the open access journal GigaScience explores the genomes of a fascinating group of birds, birds-of-paradise, with work providing genome sequences from 5 birds-of-paradise ...

Biofluorescence is seen on an emperor bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea guilielmi) in the American Museum of Natural History's collection. New research by scientists at the American Museum of Natural ...

Discover the extraordinary features of birds of paradise feathers that rival Vantablack in light absorption. Learn how these feathers enhance mating displays. For male birds of paradise, the ...