Researchers discovered that animal color vision evolved long before colorful fruits and flowers, with warning and sexual ...

Endemic to the Western Ghats, this colourful bird is known for its bright orange throat patch and thrives in dense forests. Found only in the Nicobar Islands, this large bird is restricted to small ...

Tiffany Bird on a Rock with amethyst stone Jean Schlumberger’s Bird on a Rock is arguably one of the 21st century’s most ...

Nearly all birds with bright red, orange, and yellow feathers or bills use a group of pigments called carotenoids to produce ...

The earliest use of bright colors in animals served as a warning system, a strategy seen in venomous snakes and poison dart frogs.

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Recent scientific studies have unveiled the secrets of how birds achieve their incredible color variations. Parrots and ...

New research reveals how parrots and finches develop their extraordinary colours – and shows that evolution is an ongoing ...

Birds are often admired for their beauty, but some are also impressively intelligent, displaying problem-solving skills, ...

A recent study finds that color vision evolved in animals more than 100 million years before the emergence of colorful fruits and flowers. And there has been a dramatic explosion of color signals in ...

Colors are widely used in communication within and among animal species. For example, peacocks proudly display their vibrant ...

Two plush-crested jay chicks can now be seen at the aviary at the Milwaukee County Zoo. Although the chicks hatched on July ...