A peacock’s tail is so ostentatious that you could easily miss other parts of its anatomy that, on any other bird, would be unmissable. On the heads of both male and female peafowl, there’s a ...

Female Peacock Spiders Underwhelmed By Disco-Dancing Suitors. Male spiders use complex movement, vibrations, and color to win the ladies over, a new study confirms.

Peacock displaying his feather train (Source: iStockphoto) Related Stories. ... (the peacock) is to attract the female (the peahen). But this simple "fact" is actually a puzzle, ...

Tale of the Peacock: At a singles cocktail party, the ending is often predictable. A female may choose a male from several because he is attractive.

Rowdy peacock caught after six months of ruling the roost – using female birdsong Sara Odeen-Isbister Published April 21, 2024 11:03pm Updated April 22, 2024 12:19pm ...

A tradition of female diving on a South Korean island might have shaped the genomes of the island’s population, as well as the physiology of the divers 1. The Haenyeo — which means ‘women of ...

We studied the jumping abilities of miniature male and female Australian peacock spiders. We found that the males—incredibly light creatures, weighing just 2 milligrams—have the highest ...

We discovered that the splendid peacock spiders accelerated at 127.8 m/s² – more than twice as fast as the previous highest known acceleration in jumping spiders.

Whenever a male peacock fans his tail, he shakes it at a rate of 26 times a second, creating a pressure-wave that literally rattles the female’s head for attention. A version of this story ran ...

The carcasses, including one of a female peacock, were found in the field near a culvert in Bhikkawale village, Bijnor on Saturday evening. BIJNOR: Seven peacocks were found dead in a field in ...

However, the female peacock seemed completely uninterested in the “mating show.” She kept her head down, pecking at the ground for food, as if to say, “You do your display, ...

Peacock spiders are well known for their elaborate dances – but their extraordinary jumps smash speed records.