Birds-of-paradise have captivated the planet with their elaborate plumage and idiosyncratic mating dances. Some species ...

In a small forest clearing in Papua New Guinea, a male six-wired bird of paradise is getting ready for a show-stopping number. He rears up and spreads his wings so that they encircle his body like ...

Walking through the “Birds of Paradise: Amazing Avian Evolution” exhibition at the National Geographic Museum can feel decidedly otherworldly. Part of it is the backdrop: lush foliage in ...

This story appears in the December 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. Bird’s-Eye View Ground observers marvel at the courtship dance of the Wahnes’s parotia, a bird of paradise.

The birds-of-paradise distinctly known for their mesmerizing colors across the rainbow, intricate mating rituals and their extravagant feathers, join the National Geographic Photo Ark as the ...

"Birds of Paradise: Amazing Avian Evolution," a traveling exhibition from the National Geographic Society, will make its national debut this summer at the Dennos Museum Center in Traverse City, Mich.

Raggiana bird-of-paradise species – PNG’s national bird (the kumul), became the 17,000th species added to the Photo Ark ...

Modern-day explorers Tim Laman and Edwin Scholes presented photos documenting all 39 spectacular species in the birds-of-paradise family on Oct. 13 at the Statler Hall Auditorium. Although the ...

Ice Paradise. The rich life of ... 10 min read. This story appears in the April 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. ... upwards of three million birds flock to Svalbard.

DALLAS. The “Birds of Paradise” exhibit at the Perot Museum takes visitors on an extraordinary adventure to a distant island where 39 species of a colorful bird family flourish with unique ...