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. ... It might be ornate peacock plumage, ...

Male peacocks are among the showiest birds in the world. They like to strut around, displaying their bright iridescent colors and ornate tail plumage shimmering in the sun for all to see. Their ...

Sexual selection provides an answer to the existence of lavishly ornate signals in animals, but not to the question of why such signals are attractive, why do females prefer the extravagant ...

A male peacock was pecking around the bird feeders, searching for something to eat. The feeders were just about empty, Anita said, so the large bird flew up about 40 feet into a tree in the yard.

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. Skip to main content Skip to footer site map.

Basic principles aren’t in doubt for the peacock exemplar. Yet “everybody uses it without knowing much about how it works,” says Roslyn Dakin of Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada.

Just creating the ornate plumage is a costly exercise; male birds invest about 3% of their daily metabolic energy budget in train growth. Further Information Dr Graham Askew is available for ...

The researchers suspected that the male peacock is actually attempting to attract other females by boasting of his ability to snag one female.