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 ...

When Bald Eagles pair up, they take the plunge—literally—locking talons high in the air and tumbling toward the ground, ...

Attracting a mate is essential if you are going to pass your genes down to the next generation. Many animal species have fascinating, and sometimes borderline bizarre, ways of attracting a mate or at ...

Antarctic birds returning to a nesting colony after feeding at sea sniff out their mates, literally. Researchers studying the behavior of birds called Antarctic prions found the musky-smelling birds ...

Look hoo’s stealing the spotlight! A second barred owl — possibly the lifelong mate of Central Park’s feathered phenom — was spotted snoozing in a nearby Manhattan greenspace after temporarily ...