Researchers recently discovered that dozens of species in the flamboyant family are biofluorescent, emitting a gleaming light ...

Numerous bird species feature small covert feathers layered on their wings ... developed sharkskin technology for large airplanes. The riblet-textured film, called Aeroshark, acts like dimples ...

Found in the forests of Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Eastern Australia, birds of paradise are famous for flashy feathers and unusually shaped ornaments, which set the standard for haute ...

A survey of museum specimens reveals that more than a dozen species of the birds sport biofluorescence in feathers, skin or even inside their throats.