New research by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln reports, for the ...

Biofluorescence is widespread in birds-of-paradise, a group of tropical birds famous for their spectacular courtship dances.

Interestingly, birds remain woefully understudied when it comes to the optical extras. Until now, no one had looked for the ...

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 ...

which they hold erect during courtship displays. Females have shorter pinnaes. HABITAT: Lesser prairie chickens occupy two primary ecosystem types: shinnery oak and sand sagebrush grasslands. These ...