Among the birds of the world, it is usually the males who have the brightest feathers and the females who are the most drab, ...

The male peacock jumping spider must dance for his life. In order to woo a female and avoid being eaten, he performs an intricate dance using a brilliantly colored fan attached to his abdomen. If ...

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.

A male firefly is caught in the web of an orb-weaving spider, Araneus ventricosus.Researchers believe that these spiders may manipulate the bioluminescent signals that fireflies use to find mates.