Bowerbirds in an Australian city use a range of human items—from glass and plastic to banknotes and even a pair of ...

According to a new paper published in the journal Royal Society Open Science by University of Exeter scientists, urbanization ...

A male great bowerbird in a rural environment displaying to a female great bowerbird. The female great bowerbird is stood in the avenue of the bower, and the male is displaying objects to the female.

Charles Darwin scratched his head over the purpose of bowers, the carefully tended sex dens of the bowerbird. But few scientists had conducted studies of these ornate constructions and their earnest ...

The male bowerbird has one dazzling bachelor pad. His nest, woven around a tree and carpeted with moss, takes years to build. Each bowerbird has his own exquisite taste in decorations; some prefer ...

The male peacock is well known for its courtship displays, during which it fans its colourful tail feathers to attract a mate. But not all birds are so spectacular, and males of other species employ ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The article I discuss below came out last ...

When thinking of the Australian bowerbird you might expect the feathery thieves to create a lavish collection of blue to impress its lady friends, but in the west, the bird fancies a whiter shade of ...

A male great bowerbird in an urban environment displaying to a female great bowerbird. The female great bowerbird is stood in the avenue of the bower and the male is displaying objects to the female.

NOVA: I've heard that you have used robotic female bowerbirds. Why? Borgia: One of my students, Gail Patricelli, has just gotten a paper accepted at Nature that describes how she has used a robotic ...