Flashier bird dances may signal health rather than intelligence, as new research shows complex courtship displays reflect condition.

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 ...

He’s a YouTube dance star (3 million views and counting) with appearances on Leno and Letterman under his belt. His uncanny abilities, chronicled in two recent scientific papers, may deepen our ...

Does a male bird with a long and complex courtship dance have superior cognitive abilities? Simply put, is a talented dancer a smarter bird? To answer the question, researchers at Université de ...

With its iridescent feathers and signature "smiley face" display, this bird transforms itself into a hypnotic, otherworldly dancer. Laysan Albatrosses learn dance moves for mating, while male ...

Humans aren't the only animals that dance to a beat: Deep in the forest of Southeastern Australia, male lyrebirds groove to their own music, a new study reports. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...

It's time to shake your tail feathers! As part of its Birds of Paradise exhibit, the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences is holding a virtual dance contest. The contest is an extension of the Dance, Dance ...

Picture a nest, with a mother bird feeding three younger ones. Only she has no worms or bugs in her beak. Rather, she is filling them with the calls and movements of her avian experience, the essence ...