Birds of paradise, already famous for their spectacular courtship displays, reveal a new astonishing facet: their ability to emit fluorescent light ... or blue range, and re-emits it at a longer ...

In the age of the LED light bulb, consumers have an unfathomable range of lighting options. This has, perversely, made the task of pleasantly illuminating our homes harder, not easier. The culprit is ...

Found in the forests of Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Eastern Australia, birds of paradise are famous for flashy feathers ...

Birds-of-paradise are even colorful in the dark, with feathers and body parts that glow a brilliant yellow-green under ...

Blue-light glasses were everywhere a few years ago, promising to save our screen-obsessed society from ourselves.

Birds-of-paradise have some of the most famous mating displays in the world, but there's more to their colorful rhythmic ...

Our love affair with technology can wreck our vision and sleep, thanks to blue light. “The problem is that, with technology, we are being overexposed to blue light,” said ophthalmologist Dr. Rafael ...

Illuminated by blue and UV light, the birds’ white and bright yellow plumage broadcasts colors ... light confirmed his suspicions, revealing fluorescent traces in birds-of-paradise, Martin ...

There’s also a practical reason to avoid bold hues—they don’t hold up well. “Bright reds, yellows, and deep blues fade the ...