This black is so dark that your eyes cannot focus on its surface; it looks like a cave ... that isn’t quite blue enough could be enough to turn off a female Bird of Paradise.

The super-black feathers of birds-of-paradise, meanwhile, look very different ... to highlight the electric blue patches on his cheeks and chest. He ends up looking like a spectral, wide-mouthed ...

In mating, many species of birds ... like shape, revealing a bright patch of bluish-green feathers surrounded by incredibly black plumage. Researchers from Yale decided to take a closer look ...

It's hard to find a more superb bird than the superb bird of paradise. Males have an elaborate courtship ritual during which they spread out their black ... blue markings that form what look like ...

The mating dance of the male superb bird of paradise is ... an incredibly dark black background and then a vivid blue spot, the spot looks even brighter, and it even looks like it's glowing.” ...

Who are the birds that evolved this innovation long before scientists developed it? The birds of paradise ... black feather, which uses melanin pigment granules to create black coloring, looks ...

Scientists have discovered that bird of paradise feathers are physically structured in such a way as to absorb nearly all light that reaches them, much like a black ... apple looks red to us ...

Learn about some of the different birds of paradise out there looking for a little love. Tell us which one is your favorite by answering our poll below. Blue bird of paradise: Shy Serenader I’m ...

Black doesn't get much blacker than the plumage of male birds of paradise, and new research ... the branches look like dried, curled-up oak leaves. Instead of resting flat, they stick up into ...

The mating display of the male bird of paradise owes its optical extravagance to a background so black it is the envy ... "An apple looks red to us whether it is sitting in the bright sunlight ...

A closer look at these specialized display ... produced by the feathers' pigments,” Shawkey says. Black feathers found on other birds-of-paradise—and some found elsewhere on one of the species ...