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 ...
The discovery of a tiny foot bone millions of years old reveals Aotearoa New Zealand was once home to a songbird species with potentially unique courtship behaviors, new research published in the ...
The male bowerbird has one dazzling bachelor pad. His nest, woven around a tree and carpeted with moss, takes years to build. Each bowerbird has his own exquisite taste in decorations; some prefer ...
WHEN IT COMES to attracting females, male bowerbirds have a number of tricks up their sleeve. The most well-known is their intricately built nest (or bower), strewn with an array of brightly coloured ...
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 ...
When Joyce Ramsey met Ward Freeman in the 1990s, he was a minimalist when it came to home decor. "He was Spartan," she said. He offers a different take on it: "I was streamlined." But a trip to ...
Bowerbird Mongo co-owners Joyce Ramsey and her husband Ward Freeman, not pictured, opened their doors in 2005. Patrick Record | The Ann Arbor News Bowerbird Mongo owners Joyce Ramsey and Ward Freeman ...
NOVA: I've heard that you have used robotic female bowerbirds. Why? Borgia: One of my students, Gail Patricelli, has just gotten a paper accepted at Nature that describes how she has used a robotic ...
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