Most budgies are green thanks to a yellow pigment, psittacofulvin, mixing with a blue hue created by light bouncing
off tiny structures on the birds» feathers.
All owe their colour not to pigments, but to the way light reflects
off tiny structures on their surface, says Beverley Glover at the University of Cambridge.
Not exact matches
Curvier mamas should look for a
structured peplum top that shows
off a
tiny waist.
Tiny critters» abodes may be the pillings of super
structures such as the resort oil rig
off Mabul Island, the shallow flats
off Indonesia's Lembeh Strait or Belize's impressive reef and 3 atolls.
Making my way around the
structure, I peered through a small roped
off doorway and saw a room featuring the soulful paintings of McGee's late wife, Margaret Kilgallen; a
tiny solo exhibition of her work unfolded.