Male mandarins have colorful “sails” on each wing. Feathers: Displays of Brilliant Plumage by Robert Clark, published by Chronicle Books 2016 This tail feather comes from a male red bird of ...

Why it's awesome: These colorful critters don't just dress to the nines to woo their mate. Males also do a sexy shimmy to dazzle the ladies. Measuring no bigger than 0.2 inches (0.5 centimeters ...

At a singles cocktail party, the ending is often predictable. A female may choose a male from several because he is attractive. But why does she think he is good looking? Scientists, stumped by ...

To find out how evolution built everything from soft down to gaudy peacock feathers from these simple tubes, Milinkovitch and Cooper first used a technique called light sheet fluorescence microscopy ...

Martha loves and appreciates all types of animals, including the majestic peacock. In a recent blog post, she shared how it's a "very special time of year" for this type of bird at her Bedford ...