From deceptive dances to downright bizarre bedroom strategies, animals have evolved mating rituals that are equal parts wild, ...

Satin Bowerbird in courtship display by it’s Bower. Image by kengriffiths.live.com via Depositphotos. Before delving into why bowerbirds favor blue, it’s important to first understand what a bower ...

Matt Ridley’s “Birds, Sex and Beauty” explores how mate choice and aesthetics drive evolution, blending lyrical nature writing with deep biological insight.

The Chlamydera cerviniventris can be shy and cautious. Sometimes, it travels alone, and other times, it travels in noisy flocks. Its call is raspy and can mimic other birds—sometimes so well it seems ...

For more than 60 years—in black and white, color, HD, and, recently, 3D—the legendary broadcaster has introduced millions of people to bowerbird courtship displays, lyrebird mimicry calls, and ...

Imagine wandering through a sunlit forest, your eyes catching a flash of color or a curious structure nestled in the branches ...

Imagine wandering through the forests of Australia or New Guinea and stumbling upon a sight that stops you in your tracks—a ...

Creature Courtship by Peter Tyson "The sight of a feather in a peacock's tail, whenever I gaze at it, makes me sick!" —Charles Darwin, in a letter to botanist Asa Gray, April 3, 1860 For most ...

During courtship, the male transforms his black plumage into a sumptuous fan around his face, as he performs a precise dance to captivate his partner. Even underwater, animal creativity is on display.

Understanding Bowers Satin Bowerbird in courtship display by it’s Bower. Image by kengriffiths.live.com via Depositphotos. Before delving into why bowerbirds favor blue, it’s important to first ...

Delve in to the wonderful world of birds and discover their incredible behaviour through photos from our Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.

Sociobiologists collect huge volumes of video to study animal behavior (our collaborators work with 30,000 hours of video). The scale of these datasets demands the development of automated video ...