When a guy goes out to the club, he might throw on his best clothes or a flashy chain or spike up his hair to impress the ladies. People call this “peacocking” after the birds who fan their colorful ...

When it comes to picking peacocks, beauty is in the eye of the peahen. But what, precisely, does a peahen look for in a mate’s ornately feathered displays? Gentlemen of a plumed persuasion, take note: ...

Getting the undivided attention of a female is tough at the best of times but it's even harder when surrounded by other male suitors. It's no wonder males often resort to ostentatious displays to ...

SYOSSET, Long Island (WABC) -- A wild wayward peahen is ruffling some residents' feathers in one suburban Long Island neighborhood. Homeowners in Syosset say that last May, the beautiful white and ...

Scientists in the US have used eye-tracking cameras to work out exactly what peahens find alluring in a peacock's tail fan. The male birds grow their trains of iridescent feathers during the mating, ...

A peacock unfurls his magnificent train feathers. (Credit: Roslyn Dakin) When you see a peacock shake a train feather, you’re watching finely tuned natural engineering at work. When a peacock wants to ...