Okay, but why is a bird’s world more colorful?

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E11. Bird vision isn’t just “better than ours,” It’s operating in a different color space, including ultraviolet. In Host Dr. Scott Taylor is joined by Dr. Allison Shultz, Associate Curator at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, to break down what birds can actually see, how scientists measure color in the real world, and why feather color is one of evolution’s most powerful (and misunderstood) tools. In this episode, you’ll hear about: How birds see a whole extra dimension of color (including UV) and why we can’t truly experience “bird vision” without the biology to match How feathers make color through pigments and nano-structures How studying bird color is changing fast,…