Charles Darwin scratched his head over the purpose of bowers, the carefully tended sex dens of the bowerbird. But few scientists had conducted studies of these ornate constructions and their earnest ...

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The male peacock is well known for its courtship displays, during which it fans its colourful tail feathers to attract a mate. But not all birds are so spectacular, and males of other species employ ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The article I discuss below came out last ...

When she’s looking for a mate, how does a female know what she likes? Macho mating displays—turkeys strutting, lions roaring, bighorn sheep colliding—quickly tell her who is biggest and burliest. But ...

In many species of birds, the males are far showier than the females. Males of some species might possess colorful plumage or exaggerated physical features to catch a female’s eye, while males of ...

There’s a bowerbird building a bower in my backyard, so this year I’m on Team Bowerbird It has been a warm start to spring, and my neighbourhood has been absolutely overrun by a mob of rowdy, horny, ...

When thinking of the Australian bowerbird you might expect the feathery thieves to create a lavish collection of blue to impress its lady friends, but in the west, the bird fancies a whiter shade of ...

Gail Patricelli wasn’t so sure that courtship is really as one-sided as the ill-fated show “Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire?” where contestants strutted, and a watcher of the other sex selected. So, ...

NOVA: I've heard that you have used robotic female bowerbirds. Why? Borgia: One of my students, Gail Patricelli, has just gotten a paper accepted at Nature that describes how she has used a robotic ...