SINCE the year 1840, when Gould communicated to the Zoological Society an account of their extraordinary “runs,” as they are locally called, the Bower-Birds of Australia and Papua have always ...

Learn about the bird whose romantic rituals embarrass humans. Nature’s greatest romantic is here to impress. To impress, the male does dances with head bobs and wing flutter just outside his bower.

Male bower birds boast an architectural prowess, it is true. They also have a discerning eye when it comes to the color palette for their homes. It turns out that if that weren't enough, these birds ...

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 ...

Bowerbirds in an Australian city use a range of human items—from glass and plastic to banknotes and even a pair of handcuffs—to impress females, shows new research in Royal Society Open Science. Male ...

The regent bowerbird male is one of the more striking of the family of bower builders, and he’s intelligent too THE REGENT BOWERBIRD (Sericulus chrysocephalus) is not only incredibly beautiful and ...