After ruling out diet, scientists discover the secret behind blue feathers lies inside how the feathers are made. Gavriel Jecan / Corbis For decades, scientists have known how birds with yellow or ...

Yellow and red, he says, come from feather pigments — birds’ feathers turn red or yellow as a result of their diet. But the color blue, interestingly enough, differs.

Blue jays and cardinals get their vivid hues of blue and red, respectively, in different ways ... Light trickery makes bird feathers blue but not red. By Emily Conover. 10 December 2014 ...

Sure, cardinals have red feathers and finches have yellow feathers, but if you ever run across the gleaming, almost metallic-looking blue of an indigo bunting, you won't forget it. The colors ...

A red-capped manakin will moonwalk better than Michael Jackson in a lek of others when it wants to attract a female mate.

How birds make those colorful feathers is the topic Samantha Rutledge, an LSU Ph.D. student in ornithology, will address this weekend during a “Special Saturday” event at the LSU Museum of ...

In the 1960s, biologists noticed the yellow tips of some birds' feathers were turning orange. 2:16 The cedar waxwing didn’t have any close relatives with red feathers, so the scientists soon ...

How yellow and blue make green in parrots Date: October 5, 2017 Source: Cell Press Summary: Many brightly colored birds get their pigments from the foods that they eat, but that's not true of parrots.

image: This photograph shows a collection of green, white, blue, and yellow budgies. view more Credit: Thomas Cooke. When it comes to spectacular displays of color, birds are obvious standouts in ...