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 ...

T he animal world is full of fascinating colors, from bright features, to camouflage coats, and all manner of iridescent ...

When looking for sex partners, younger females prefer males who decorate their place with a little extra blue, be it plastic or feathers. They also prefer males who tone down the intensity of their ...

Talk about trying to impress a girlfriend! Satin bowerbirds from Australia go overboard to win a mate. First, the blue-black male birds build bowers, U-shaped twig "palaces" where the green female ...

The construction above, called a bower, is something of a short-term “love nest” for the great bowerbird, a species native to the eucalyptus woodlands of northern Australia. “You can think of bowers ...

The discovery of a tiny foot bone millions of years old reveals Aotearoa New Zealand was once home to a songbird species with potentially unique courtship behaviors, new research published in the ...

NOVA: Do you think there are new bowerbird species left to discover? Borgia: It's possible. I think what may happen is that existing species may be split. Certainly with the Vogelkop bowerbirds that ...