Kim Bostwick loves slow-motion instant replay. Not because she’s a huge sports fan, but because special high-speed video cameras have allowed her to solve a long-standing mystery: how unusual ...

club-winged manakin© "club-winged manakin" by Gary T. Leavens is licensed under BY-SA 4.0. Birds make beautiful chirping songs, but have you ever seen them make music with their wings? That is one of ...

It turns out that the late Michael Jackson wasn't the only one who can moonwalk: Photographer Tim Laman captured a manakin (it's a tropical bird, not a life-size doll) busting a remarkably similar ...

The incredible song-and-dance routine of the club-winged manakin bird is seen in all its glory in a video posted by The Field Museum. A native of South America, this bird flaps its ridged wings at an ...

If something exists in nature, there is most likely a very good reason for it. While there are exceptions, many features "selected" by evolution serve a purpose. Take the blue manakin, a small bird ...

The scientists then examined feathers from the heads of golden-crowned males under an electron microscope. They found that the manakin’s warm crown comes from pigments called carotenoids, which the ...