Mating dances are not unusual in the bird kingdom, but the displays put on by birds of paradise are mesmerizing. The male bird in the above clip is doing his best to impress a female, and the display ...

On first glance, the courtship of the blue-capped cordon-bleu songbirds looks rather uneventful. The birds, perched next to each other, begin singing and nervously hop. But on closer inspection, they ...

DENVER – An obscure, chicken-sized bird best known for its mating dance could help determine whether Democrats or Republicans control the U.S. Senate in November. The federal government is considering ...

When it comes to impressing the ladies, greater sage-grouse males know that smooth dance moves trump combative posturing. Indeed, new Yale research into these prairie-dwelling birds confirms that ...

Wisdom, the 72-year-old albatross residing on an island northwest of Hawai'i, is performing mating dances for potential partners Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Animals across the kingdom showcase a wide array of courtship rituals, with males often going to great lengths to capture the attention of females. Birds, in particular, display remarkable behaviour ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A new exhibit at the Academy of Natural Sciences takes you on a journey to the rainforest of New Guinea and the land of the exotic "birds of paradise." A big component of the ...

This unprecedented find sheds light on avian behavior dating back 13–15 million years and marks a major milestone in behavioral paleontology. Unlike typical trace fossils that preserve isolated ...

The birds in question are the blue-capped Cordon-bleu songbirds (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus). The birds, a type of small finch, are native to Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Tanzania in East ...

When it comes to animals romancing in the wild, things get weird—really weird. Some animals offer bizarre gifts, some put on daring dances, and others?