Its feathers are tuned to vibrate at the exact same frequencies at which a displaying peacock rattles his tail. When a male shows off his trademark fan, the female he’s courting doesn’t just ...

Peacocks' striking feather displays fail to excite, much less interest, females, according to new research. This throws a wrench in the long-held belief that male peacock feathers evolved in ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – A female peacock, or peahen, that escaped Monday from the Bronx Zoo is back home.. The fugitive bird has been roaming the streets of the Bronx since Monday. Zoo ...

Female Peacock Spiders Underwhelmed By Disco-Dancing Suitors. Male spiders use complex movement, vibrations, and color to win the ladies over, a new study confirms.

A female peacock made her way into a Los Angeles-area liquor store Monday and caused $500 in damage, according to the store manager. The peahen walked through an open door at Royal Oaks Liquor ...

A female cruising among males routinely picked the one who showed her the most eyespots, says a pioneer of peacock science, Marion Petrie of the University of Newcastle in England.

Peacock (or peafowl): any of three species of birds of the pheasant family Phasianidae. AKA: The male is a peacock, the female is a peahen and the babies are peachicks. All are peafowl. The ...

Tale of the Peacock: At a singles cocktail party, the ending is often predictable. A female may choose a male from several because he is attractive.