A beautiful bird which lives on a handful of islands off West Papua is under threat from the illegal trade of exotic species, a conservation charity has warned. The red bird of paradise is confined to ...

Part privacy fence, mostly specimen plant, the red bird of paradise (Caesalpinia pulcherrima) is a plant worth getting to know. This hummingbird magnet is a gorgeous shrub with pretty red flowers that ...

Question: Just so you know, my nickname is “mistletoe policeman.” I don’t like what it does to trees, any trees, but especially mine and my friends. One such friend bought a house where the yard had ...

If you’ve been in Tucson for a few months, you’ve no doubt noticed the ubiquitous vivid orange flowered shrubs called the bird of paradise. You may be surprised to know that there are in fact three ...

Flowering ornamental landscape plants have soaked up precipitation from our recent rains. Plants in xeriscapes are positively flush with showy displays that have been made possible with our extra ...

At the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo Paprika, a male red bird of paradise, presented a challenge for senior wild animal keeper, Patti Cooper. Upon his return from another zoo, Paprika came ...