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 ...

Most birds don't bring a box of chocolates or a bouquet of roses when they take up courtship of a prospective mate, but birds have several equivalent behaviors that they employ to attract the ...

Sunday is Valentine’s Day — a good time to take a look at some of the more interesting courtship routines among Georgia’s birds as they try to woo mates for spring nesting. Some birds perform ...

Some species of male birds dance to impress their mates, such as the complicated dance routine of the little red-capped manakin or the flashy display of the male peacock. In other species, the males ...

It’s a well-known fact that birds have funny and weird dances to attract mates, like the superb bird-of-paradise whose mating dance involves ruffling up its blue and black feathers into what looks ...

Tap dancing birds, shuffling spiders, and wiggling honeybees; dancing is not just a human phenomenon. Many types of animals show off their moves for a variety of different reasons. By far the most ...

The world’s oldest known wild bird may have lost her mate, but she was recently seen courting new suitors. The Laysan albatross, or mōlī, known as Wisdom has been photographed dancing with potential ...

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 ...