Science news articles about 'peacock feathers'

  • For barn swallows, feathers make the man, says CU-Boulder study

    ... barn swallows, for example, long tail feathers, rather than dark red breasts, are the primary ... stately antlers of elk to the gaudy tail feathers of peacocks, have evolved to convey "honest, accurate ...
  • Nanojewels made easy

    Butterfly wings, peacock feathers, opals and pearls are some of nature's jewels that use nanostructures to dazzle us with color. It's accomplished through the way light reaches our eyes after passing ...
  • Nanojewels made easy

    Butterfly wings, peacock feathers, opals and pearls are some of nature's jewels that use nanostructures to dazzle us with color. It's accomplished through the way light reaches our eyes after passing ...
  • Manes, trains and antlers explained

    ... extreme. Indeed, in 1860, writing to Asa Gray, his most ardent American champion, Darwin confessed: "The sight of a feather in a peacock's tail, whenever I gaze at it, makes me ...

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