Male bowerbirds are increasingly using plastic, glass, and other human-made objects to attract mates, showing how urban ...

Researchers from the University of Exeter say bowerbirds in Australian cities are using human items to impress their mates.

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For millions of years, male great bowerbirds have wooed their mates with flowers and seeds. But in today’s urban world, such ...

It is said that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, but bowerbirds have turned refuse into an aphrodisiac, stealing ...

According to a new paper published in the journal Royal Society Open Science by University of Exeter scientists, urbanization ...

Bowerbird males are well known for making elaborate constructions, lavished with decorative objects, to impress and attract their mates. Now, researchers have identified a completely new dimension to ...

Forget Chip and Joanna Gaines, bowerbirds are the real home renovation stars! These incredible avian artists have a keen eye for color and are masters of interior design, spending countless hours ...

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 ...

Gail Patricelli wasn’t so sure that courtship is really as one-sided as the ill-fated show “Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire?” where contestants strutted, and a watcher of the other sex selected. So, ...

NOVA: Do you think there are new bowerbird species left to discover? Borgia: It's possible. I think what may happen is that existing species may be split. Certainly with the Vogelkop bowerbirds that ...