Birds-of-paradise are even colorful in the dark, with feathers and body parts that glow a brilliant yellow-green under ...

Peter Marra, director of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s (SCBI) Migratory Bird Center, and Brandt Ryder, a research ecologist at SCBI are pioneers in the study of tropical bird ...

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

Long-lived species decrease their reproduction more than short-lived species in response to lower-than-normal precipitation, and thereby gain a survival advantage, a study finds. Shawna was an editor ...