DAVIS, S.D. (KELO) — In this part of the country, you’re most likely to spot a peacock or two at a zoo. But, the flamboyant birds can also be found in backyards — including in the small town ...

Male peacocks shake their brilliantly-hued, long tail feathers to attract females in a courtship display known as “train-rattling.” But scientists had never closely examined the biomechanics ...

Darwin made a start, but scientists are still trying to explain why the peacock has such a splendid tail, writes Sanjida O'Connell. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent.

"The sight of a feather in a peacock's tail," Charles Darwin wrote in 1860, "makes me sick." The seemingly useless, even cumbersome, gaudy plumage did not fit with his theory of natural selection ...

To study the dynamics of the peacock's tail-feather vibrations, Roslyn Dakin at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, Suzanne Amador Kane at Haverford College in Pennsylvania and ...