Attracting a mate is essential if you are going to pass your genes down to the next generation. Many animal species have fascinating, and sometimes borderline bizarre, ways of attracting a mate or at ...

In birds, singing behaviors play a critical role in mating and territory defense. Although birdsong can signal individual quality and personality, very few studies have explored the relationship ...

Greater bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea apoda) male, native to southwest New Guinea and Aru Islands, Indonesia. (Photo by: Philippe Clément/Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Many marine ...

With Valentine’s Day around the corner, it’s an opportune time to see how courtship is handled among our fine feathered friends. Most birds don’t bring a box of chocolates or a bouquet of roses when ...