By 1992, scientists had confirmed that pitohui birds contain batrachotoxin, one of the most lethal natural poisons—far more ...

“A sunset tinge” is how Papua New Guinea ethnobiologist Challis Pulotu describes the red on a live, “really beautiful” raggiana bird of paradise (Paradisaea raggiana) he once had a chance ...

Researchers described biofluorescence in 37 of the 45 known species of birds-of-paradise, found only in remote tropical forests and woodland habitats of Papua New Guinea, eastern Indonesia and ...

In Vanimo, a town near the border with Indonesia, the Pope donned a traditional Bird of Paradise feathered headdress. The Pope will visit Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste and Singapore ...

wears an heirloom headdress with feathers taken from peacocks and birds-of-paradise. The kina shells on her necklace are a status symbol. Shells were legal currency in Papua New Guinea until 1933 ...

Found in the forests of Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, and Eastern Australia, birds of paradise are famous for flashy feathers and unusually shaped ornaments, which set the standard for haute ...