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How Birds Mate: Fascinating Courtship and Behavior

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 ...

The 3 Smoothest Bird Courtship Rituals In The Animal Kingdom, According To A Biologist

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

Little birds' personalities shine through their song -- and may help find a mate

In birds, singing behaviors play a critical role in mating and territory defense. Although birdsong can signal individual quality and personality, very few studies have explored the relationship ...
The New York Times

Birds of Paradise Glow on Mating Parade

The always colorful males light up with biofluorescence, sending off signals. A male Paradisaea rubra, or red bird-of-paradise.Credit...Rene Martin/American Museum of Natural History Supported by By ...
Nature

Style over substance? What birds’ mating behaviours reveal about sexual selection

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 ...
Yale Environment 360

Yale study reveals mating tip for bird species: You should be dancing

When it comes to impressing the ladies, greater sage-grouse males know that smooth dance moves trump combative posturing. Indeed, new Yale research into these prairie-dwelling birds confirms that ...