Another small bird with some impressive plumage, the tiny male King of Saxony Bird-of-Paradise sports two scalloped plumes that grow from his brow. These plumes can be up to 20 inches in length ...

The King of Saxony bird-of-paradise is a medium-sized bird - about 22 cm long Image: X/@EdmondHWollmann The male bird is black and yellow with long, blue "brow-plumes" and iridescent feathers ...

High up in the rain-forests of Papaua New Guinea the BBC's Frank Gardner recalls hearing the King of Saxony Bird of Paradise for Tweet of the Day. Tweet of the Day has captivated the Radio 4 ...

They further provided new genome sequence data to improve currently available genomic information for two other birds-of-paradise species from Papua New Guinea: the King of Saxony bird-of-paradise ...

“There are no rules to beauty.” At first glance, birds-of-paradise seem to defy conventional wisdom about the evolution of sexual signals in songbirds. Serious birders and students of ...

when our guide sees a male King of Saxony bird of paradise. We stop the van at a bend in the road, a quiet spot at about 7,100 feet here in the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.

Frank Gardner on the King of Saxony Bird of ParadiseFrank Gardner on the King of Saxony Bird of Paradise ...

Researchers provide genome sequences for 5 birds-of-paradise species: 3 without previous genome data and 2 with improved data. Birds-of-paradise are classic examples of extreme sexual selection ...

Researchers described biofluorescence in 37 of the 45 known species of birds-of-paradise, found only in remote tropical forests and woodland habitats of Papua New Guinea, eastern Indonesia and ...

Harvey and Rick Prum and I recently investigated the super-black feathers in some of the most outlandish animals on earth: the Birds of Paradise. These are resplendent birds native to Papua New ...

A male Paradisaea rubra, or red bird-of-paradise.Credit...Rene Martin/American Museum of Natural History Supported by By Jason Bittel Elaborate poses, tufts of feathers, flamboyant shuffles along ...