A female may choose a male from ... throughout the animal kingdom, hypothesized that something more than chemistry drives mate choice. Looks are certainly important for the peacock, with his ...

Long before it became the Kern River Parkway Nature Center, the old adobe building on the east side of Hart Park was often called the Peacock House. That's because non-native peacocks were brought ...

But natural selection does not explain features that would seem to hinder an animal's survival, such as the male peacock's extravagant plumage or a male elk's heavy and unwieldy antlers.

The researchers collected mature adult male and female splendid peacock spiders and placed them on a horizontal take-off platform in a lab maintained at a constant temperature of 24 °C (75.2 °F).

Click on the exceptional animal dads below to find out what role they play in caring for their young. Male parenting is virtually unknown in insects, but one striking exception is the giant water bug.

The exaggerated tail of the (male) peacock compared to the shorter tail ... Sexual coercion in animal societies. Animal Behavior 49, 1345-1365 (1995). Cronin, H. The Ant and the Peacock.

In nature, the king cobra and the peacock symbolize strength and beauty respectively. While the peacock uses its feathers and agility to defend, a direct fight would likely see the king cobra win ...

But because peacocks are coming into breeding season, the male bird ... now rescued the animal. Ciara O’Hare, 25, who runs the rescue service told Kent Online: “The peacock had been roaming ...

April 4 (UPI) --Wolf Man is set to arrive on Peacock beginning April 18, the streamer announced Friday. The film follows the aftermath of "a brutal animal attack," that occurred when Blake ...