The construction above, called a bower, is something of a short-term “love nest” for the great bowerbird, a species native to the eucalyptus woodlands of northern Australia. “You can think of bowers ...

Dancing around an intricate bower in a backyard in Canberra's south is a bird that's determined to woo his female counterparts. He has rich satin blue plumage, a pale blue and white bill and striking ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There’s something about the freak folk subgenre that inspires people to drink better beer, and that’s never a bad thing. The mellow crowd last night (Aug. 29) at Schubas in Chicago was mostly content ...

Sometimes love is an illusion. Especially if you're a bowerbird. These crow kin from Australia and New Guinea are known for constructing elaborate edifices to woo mates. But males of one species, the ...