Birds have some of the most elaborate courtship rituals of any animal. There’s a reason for that: Males of most species have to work hard to impress the females, whether it’s with killer dance moves ...

At first glance a giant jumping rat, California mouse, Kirk’s dik-dik and and the owl monkey probably appear to have little in common. But now scientists have discovered they are the only mammals to ...

The Princeton University Press blog noticed this excellent video of male manakins strutting their stuff. One of the key moves resembles Michael Jackson's signature backwards slide, the moonwalk. The ...