Birds of paradise are found in New Guinea and surrounding islands. The manucodes and riflebirds species also dwell in Australia. Birds of paradise are so attractive that their appearance once made ...

The Vogelkop superb bird of paradise prepares to begin his mating ... Scholes and Laman—a National Geographic explorer—first noticed the Vogelkop's unusual vocalizations in 2009.

Like the bird of paradise, it has no bright pigments in its wings. Its colour comes from a natural ability to mix light with the same precision as a painter mixing paints.

A first-ever collaboration between the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian examines the birth of natural history.

It may seem wildly impractical, but flashy plumage—such as the long, shimmery tail feathers of the king bird of paradise—evolved to serve a key goal: attracting potential mates. Although both ...

Photograph by Joel Sartore, National Geographic Photo Ark To announce ... For the three dozen or so species known as birds of paradise, flamboyant feathers and even more flamboyant dancing signal ...

In the early 2000s, he pitched a story to National Geographic about the birds-of-paradise of New Guinea, a tropical island in the South Pacific split between the nation of Papua New Guinea in the ...

Simply beautiful': Images of birds, oceans and more revealed in 2023 Nature Conservancy contest National Geographic: Top 30 travel destinations worldwide for 2024 revealed ...

This story appears in the January 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. ‘If you take care of the birds, you take care of most of the big problems in the world.’ That’s what Thomas ...

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