Such displays can last for hours, and in many species they consume a significant part of the male's time. Birds of paradise are found in New Guinea and surrounding islands. The manucodes and ...

Birds-of-paradise are a stunning example of naturally occurring bright colors, and we’re not talking about the flowers.

Birds-of-paradise (Aves: Paradisaeidae), a family of passerine birds that includes more than 40 species, have an elaborate courtship display. The male dances frenetically, showing off brightly colored ...

Imagine a bird so unique that it looks like it belongs in a fantasy world. Meet the Magnificent Bird of Paradise—one of the ...

A new study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science revealed a surprising discovery: 37 out of 45 known species ...

They have been cataloguing the courtship displays of every species of this stunning family of birds. But recently they noticed something new. When female birds of paradise watch males dance ...

Martin and her colleagues tested all 45 species, using specimens from the American Museum of Natural History, and found biofluorescence in each of the 37 core birds-of-paradise. This suggests that ...

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