From the blue-footed booby’s clumsy dance steps to the superb bird-of-paradise’s dramatic feather display, these are eight birds that take dating rituals to bizarre extremes. It’s proof that when it ...

Birds are some of the most interesting animals in the world, whether they are stunning us with colorful plumage or fascinating us with unusual courtship rituals. However, although many species are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A growling riflebird, a type of bird of paradise, seen at Port Moresby Nature Park in Papua New Guinea. Birds-of-paradise have ...

Ettore received funding from the Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment and the Ecological Society of Australia. Anne Peters receives funding from the Australian Research Council Discovery Program. One ...