The referred specimen of the enantiornithine bird Shangyang sp. (IVPP V 26899) was recovered near La-Ma-Dong Village in Jian-Chang County, within the Jiufotang Formation (dated ∼120 Ma). It can be ...

Some are brightly colored, while others are camouflage ... In this condition, the bird doesn’t produce the normal pigments in its feathers, often leaving them looking very different from ...

The paper, by M. Xiao at The University of Akron in Akron, OH, and colleagues was titled, 'Bioinspired bright noniridescent photonic melanin supraballs.' ...

The brightly colored male American goldfinch is especially ... White inner webs to most of the tail feathers. Pink, conical bill. Breeding female: very different from male. Underparts very yellow ...

Male house finches (Haemorhous mexicanus) that are have more brightly colored red breast feathers are healthier than duller, yellower ones, and their coloration visually signals their fitness to ...

Far from its home in Indonesia, a brightly colored creature moved around in an aquarium. Scientists peered into the tank, studying their pet-turned-specimen — and discovered it was a new species.

After they mate and are raising their ducklings, the birds molt their brightly colored feathers and take on a less flamboyant ...