Many types of birds — such as hummingbirds, peacocks and parrots — are vividly colorful, but birds-of-paradise are especially flamboyant with hues of emerald, lemon, cobalt and ruby. Now, research has ...
When a white or almost white bird lands in your backyard, it’s tempting to automatically say that it’s an albino — once you’ve ruled out the unlikely great egret or snowy owl. For avian color oddities ...
image: While humans have three color cones in the retina sensitive to red, green and blue light, birds have a fourth color cone that can detect ultraviolet light. A research team led by Princeton's ...
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