Feathers on 37 of 45 birds-of-paradise species emit biofluorescence. The feathers absorb UV light and release it as a ...

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Scientists found that colour production in birds is not just cosmetic but may be part of the body's internal defence system.

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The tiny bird was foraging through leaf litter near the Vancouver Aquatic Centre. And it was the bird of a lifetime: A taiga ...

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A pair of scientific papers has identified the same single gene as the source of red colouring in birds. The gene makes an enzyme that lets the birds convert yellow pigments, which they eat, into red ...

For every bird that becomes a pampered internet star, countless others are snatched from the wild to feed the illegal global ...

A pigment that makes feathers and hair orange helps prevent cellular damage by removing excess cysteine from cells. Pheomelanin is an orange-to-red ...