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"The reason that a bird's egg's yolk is a bright yellow-orange is because it's full of carotenoids," says Corbo. "And so then, during development, the bird mobilizes the carotenoids from the yolk ...

Staff at a UK wildlife hospital were in for a surprise after a mysterious bright-orange bird turned out to be far less exotic than expected. Back in 2019, a member of the public spotted what ...

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“For a century, scientists puzzled over the mechanisms that enable parrots to produce red or yellow coloration, even as the genes that control melanin, carotenoid, and even structural coloration ...

brilliant orange-red — and occasionally yellow — petals and scarlet stamens. I refer to the pride of Barbados (Caesalpinia pulcherrima), also known as the peacock flower and red bird of paradise.