A male great bowerbird in a rural environment displaying to a female great bowerbird. The female great bowerbird is stood in the avenue of the bower, and the male is displaying objects to the female.

Bowerbirds in an Australian city use a range of human items—from glass and plastic to banknotes and even a pair of handcuffs—to impress females, shows new research in Royal Society Open Science. Male ...

The bowerbird is known as the 'romantic gardener of the forest.' To win a female's heart, it decorates its home, or bower. According to a recent study, the bowerbird's home is not just visually ...

When she’s looking for a mate, how does a female know what she likes? Macho mating displays—turkeys strutting, lions roaring, bighorn sheep colliding—quickly tell her who is biggest and burliest. But ...

Deep in the forests of Australia and New Guinea lives a bird that behaves less like a builder of nests and more like an obsessive art collector. The bowerbird spends months gathering flowers, feathers ...