From the blue-footed booby’s clumsy dance steps to the superb bird-of-paradise’s dramatic feather display, these are eight birds that take dating rituals to bizarre extremes. It’s proof that when it ...

Some species of male birds dance to impress their mates, such as the complicated dance routine of the little red-capped manakin or the flashy display of the male peacock. In other species, the males ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With the lengthening days of early spring, the thoughts of the woodcock, till now focused completely on the never-ending search ...

BIRDMAI copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Nada Kramar Endowment Income Fund. "Woodcock are one of the oddest birds in North America. They are a shorebird that got lost and ended ...

With the lengthening days of early spring, the thoughts of the woodcock, till now focused completely on the never-ending search for food, turn to romance. These are odd looking little birds — not much ...