If you're hoping to attract more feathered friends to your yard, then you might want to consider painting your porch these bird-friendly colors.

Birds categorize colors just like humans do Zebra finches perceive only red or orange, even when the truth falls somewhere in between Date: August 1, 2018 Source: Duke University Summary: For a ...

The birds were better at recognizing subtle differences within each color category, but less prone to treat colors from opposite sides of the boundary as "either/or" compared to the red-orange range.

How fitting that the plumage of birds in early spring brightens with the blossoming of beautiful wildflowers. Both display radiant colors for essentially the same reason, to propagate the species.

While humans have three color cones in the retina sensitive to red, green and blue light, birds have a fourth color cone that can detect ultraviolet light. A Princeton-led research team trained wild ...

Why Yellow Birds Mysteriously Turn Red No one could figure out why a North American woodpecker's feathers were changing color—until now.

It’s switched on in the retina of many other birds, where it produces a red pigment that helps the animals to distinguish between different colors.

The beautiful hues and plumes of birds have long drawn the attention and interest of mankind. But, do we really know the true spectrum of avian coloration and vision?

The brilliant colors of birds have inspired poets and nature lovers, but researchers at Yale University and the University of Cambridge say these existing hues represent only a fraction of what birds ...

For a reddish-beaked bird called the zebra finch, sexiness is color-coded. Males have beaks that range from light orange to dark red. But to females, a male's colored bill may simply be hot, or ...