Feather microstructures can remarkably change the appearance of red plumage without any corresponding changes in either pigment concentration or molecule types Adult male Brazilian tanager ...

In the framework of the Chlorella microalgae cultivation process, the researchers from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) obtained microalgae biomass with a high content of ...

Birds get their bright red, orange and yellow plumage from carotenoid pigments -- responsible for many of the same bright colors in plants. But how songbirds turn carotenoids into the spectacular ...

Researchers obtained microalgae biomass with a high content of carotenoid pigments, which is suitable for the food industry through targeted cultivation Peter the Great Saint-Petersburg Polytechnic ...

Smithsonian scientist Daniel Thomas and his colleagues examined images of nearly 10,000 extant bird species, using the Handbook of the Birds of the World and Internet resources, and identified 2,956 ...

Xanthophyll esterification has been recognized as a natural method of improving carotenoid stability during grain storage. A joint study conducted by The Institute for Sustainable Agriculture and The ...

The gene responsible for red coloration and color vision in birds is also functional in turtles -- having arisen in a shared ancestor where it was probably used for color vision and possibly also for ...

Beta-cryptoxanthin (BCX), a carotenoid pigment compound found primarily in plants, reduces the number and invasiveness of tumors in mouse and cell models of lung cancer, report scientists from the ...

Researchers have found that pigments controlling the color of tomatoes also play a role in determining their flavor. By analyzing the pigment profiles of 157 different tomato varieties, the team ...

THE Rotifera are remarkable among the Metazoa for their small size, often smaller than the largest ciliated Protozoa. Many rotifers are colourless or at most show some slight colour in the gut wall, ...

The ability of finches, sparrows, and many other birds to see a visual world hidden to us is explained in a study published in the journal eLife. Birds can be divided into those that can see ...