Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Male Greater-sage grouse (sage hen) (Centrocercus urophasianus) calls for the ladies from his snow-covered sagebrush lek with his ...

Birds, by design, tend to be small, light and streamlined. Yet there are some that push the boundaries of size. Here is the avian world’s best example of an ultra-heavyweight flyer. Birds of prey are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. These three bird courtship displays are so bold, precise ...

New research by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln reports, for the first time, the widespread occurrence of biofluorescence in ...

A surge in breeding hormones has birds singing and dancing, trying to woo a mate before nesting season. The American woodcock begins performing its elaborate courtship ritual in mid-February in ...

Finding a mate in the animal kingdom is not easy. It is often a competitive and dramatic process that requires substantial effort. In many species, males go to extraordinary lengths just for a chance ...