Many Heliconia flowers resemble the striking plumage of birds-of-paradise. Others evoke ... for Conservation of Nature's ...

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 ...

Researchers at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) combed through the available archives and found that all 37 core bird-of-paradise species in Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia are ...

A new study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science revealed a surprising discovery: 37 out of 45 known species of birds-of-paradise exhibit biofluorescence, emitting green or yellow ...

Birds-of-paradise are known for their bright colours and courtship displays. Now, it turns out that many species also fluoresce – absorbing light and re-emitting it at lower-energy wavelengths.

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 ...

Many Heliconia flowers resemble the striking plumage of birds-of-paradise. Others evoke ... for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Herbarium Labels and Spatial ...