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 ...

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 ...

Birds, Sex & Beauty: The Extraordinary Implications of Charles Darwin’s Strangest Idea Matt Ridley 4th Estate (2025) At 4 a.m. one April morning, science writer Matt Ridley was hurrying up the frosty ...

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 ...

The rain might make us all a bit miserable, but it can have catastrophic influences on relationships—between birds. A small species of bird known as the Seychelles warbler, which live exclusively on ...