One way animals produce color is by pigments produced by the cells. In birds, the pigment melanin generates black, gray, brown, and orange colors. Carotenoids are used by specialized feather ...

The males also dance to attract females, alternating their black-and-white ... According to Bird Watching Daily, manakins “are small, active, and colorful like warblers, have elaborate courtship ...

A pair of Europe’s most colorful birds were spotted in central Germany yesterday after having returned to their breeding ...

It isn’t nearly as colorful as, say ... The Johnny Cash of the bird world, these all-in-black birds have such a sleek look to them. They’re usually found around water, either inland or ...

The natural world is full of bright surprises, like these amphibian, insect, avian—and even mammal—species Why are some animals so colorful? The natural world brings so much joy and wonder to our ...

“A lot of these birds-of-paradise have also evolved something called an ultra-black feather that really sucks in a lot of that light — which is interesting, because the group of birds-of ...

The eclectus parrot is a colorful bird — not just in appearance ... and their lower mandible is black. Females are primarily bright red with dark purple accents. Their tail feathers are tipped ...

Black widows’ red hourglass tells birds ... Had evolution finessed the spiders’ color scheme to warn off birds without also alerting beetles? The first part of his experiment, started at ...

There are many fascinating bird species across Peru, but you can distinguish this cock-of-the-rock by its colorful plumage. The males often have more orange feathers, and the females are more on ...

By Marta Zaraska Some popular city dwellers appear to be losing their colorful allure, and not just the dirty birds. According ... a pigment that makes feathers black, brown and gray.