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 ...

On first glance, the courtship of the blue-capped cordon-bleu songbirds looks rather uneventful. The birds, perched next to each other, begin singing and nervously hop. But on closer inspection, they ...

Tap dancing birds, shuffling spiders, and wiggling honeybees; dancing is not just a human phenomenon. Many types of animals ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A new exhibit at the Academy of Natural Sciences takes you on a journey to the rainforest of New Guinea and the land of the exotic "birds of paradise." A big component of the ...

DENVER – An obscure, chicken-sized bird best known for its mating dance could help determine whether Democrats or Republicans control the U.S. Senate in November. The federal government is considering ...

This unprecedented find sheds light on avian behavior dating back 13–15 million years and marks a major milestone in behavioral paleontology. Unlike typical trace fossils that preserve isolated ...

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 ...

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. The study researchers found that ...

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 ...

Cool dance moves and a sweet tune have always been a good way to impress the ladies. Even for birds, it turns out. In May’s National Geographic, Dan Koepel profiles the club-winged manakin, which does ...

Birds of a feather sure do like to dance together. These lesser flamingos (Phoeniconaias minor) are performing a ritualized dance at Lake Bogoria in Kenya. Together, the flamingos will march with ...