Male bowerbirds are virtuoso architects. To woo females they construct an intricate structure (a bower) from twigs that they meticulously decorate with a variety of found objects. The result is the ...

The construction above, called a bower, is something of a short-term “love nest” for the great bowerbird, a species native to the eucalyptus woodlands of northern Australia. “You can think of bowers ...

Charles Darwin scratched his head over the purpose of bowers, the carefully tended sex dens of the bowerbird. But few scientists had conducted studies of these ornate constructions and their earnest ...

In many species of birds, the males are far showier than the females. Males of some species might possess colorful plumage or exaggerated physical features to catch a female’s eye, while males of ...

The discovery of a tiny foot bone millions of years old reveals Aotearoa New Zealand was once home to a songbird species with ...

Bowerbirds are well known for their unique courtship behaviour during which, in an attempt to attract a mate, a male builds a ‘bower’ or small enclosed structure of woven sticks and pebbles and ...

Gail Patricelli wasn’t so sure that courtship is really as one-sided as the ill-fated show “Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire?” where contestants strutted, and a watcher of the other sex selected. So, ...

NOVA: Do you think there are new bowerbird species left to discover? Borgia: It's possible. I think what may happen is that existing species may be split. Certainly with the Vogelkop bowerbirds that ...