Melanin Makes Feathers Stronger

Melanin helps protect birds’ essential flight feathers

Red parrot feathers resist bacterial degradation

Research discovers darker feathers mean healthier pigeons – Earth

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Melanin-based structural coloration of birds and its biomimetic

How come some birds have green feathers but no mammals have green

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How Birds Make Colorful Feathers Bird Academy • The Cornell Lab

Frontiers Avian Pigment Pattern Formation: Developmental Control

BBC - Earth News - Pigeons: dark feathers reveal secret to healthy

Synthetic Melanin Dyes Developed for Natural-Looking Hair Colors

Volcanic sulfur may make barn owls grow redder feathers

Birds' dazzling iridescence tied to nanoscale tweak of feather

Red and the Peanut: The silver feathers on an Anhinga's wingsor

how color is formed in bird feathers – Good Morning Gloucester