Many species of songbirds have evolved to have strikingly colorful plumage, aiding them in catching the eye of mates, ...

Birds are perhaps the most colorful group of animals, bringing a splash of color to the natural world around us every day.

Peacock feathers are greatly admired for their bright iridescent colors, but it turns out they can also emit laser light when dyed multiple times, according to a paper published in the journal ...

Half a billion years ago, nature evolved a remarkable trick: generating vibrant, shimmering colors via intricate, microscopic ...

Pterosaurs had brightly colored feathers like toucans, according to a new study "The early function of feathers was then probably different from what we thought," paleontologists say of the find ...

Birds that suffer from leucism, like the black-capped chickadee pictured here, don''t produce normal amounts of pigment in their feathers, leaving their appearance duller and more drab. This ...

Although their color varies, male summer tanagers usually grow rose-red feathers, while the females appear yellowish-green. Their red color comes from their diet, which consists of a variety of ...

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