These three bird courtship displays are so bold, precise and theatrical that they make human romance look a little ...

Mating dances are not unusual in the bird kingdom, but the displays put on by birds of paradise are mesmerizing. The male bird in the above clip is doing his best to impress a female, and the display ...

As you begin to see nests full of baby chicks and fledgling birds hopping around in your backyard, you may wonder: how do birds mate? The answer is actually different from what we’ve come to expect as ...

Humans aren't the only animals that dance to a beat: Deep in the forest of Southeastern Australia, male lyrebirds groove to their own music, a new study reports. The study researchers found that ...

Researchers have uncovered new insights into the evolution of bird behavior, revealing why certain mating systems persist while others disappear over time. Researchers at Rice University have ...

Male birds are no strangers to elaborate romantic gestures, whether displaying vibrantly colored feathers, singing a sweet melody, or dancing around the forest floor. While researchers have long known ...

Sex or nice weather. That's the agonizing choice some birds face, according to a new University of Guelph study. A team led by Guelph researchers discovered that for some male birds traveling to areas ...

Birds use odor to identify other birds, and researchers have shown that if the bacteria that produce the odor is altered, it could negatively impact a bird's ability to communicate with other birds or ...

A tiny Amazonian bird has become a world-record breaker thanks to its "ridiculously loud" mating call. The white bellbird, which lives in a remote mountainous rainforest in the northern Brazil's ...

There's much to admire about birds: They can soar through the skies, build durable nests and some can even sing. But can they smell? For a long time, it was widely believed that birds have no sense of ...