The upper and lower parts of a peacock’s plumage, the authors said, may work together in order to capture the fickle heart of a peahen. More to Read L.A. County ready to flip peacocks the bird ...

If the peahen seems interested, he quivers, making his feathers shimmy and flash to entice her further. The peahen raises the chicks on her own. She creates a nest, where she lays three to eight ...

She made a magnificent model, and wrote an essay that included the widely-held belief that the purpose of the splendid plumage of the male (the peacock) is to attract the female (the peahen).

Though you can find peacocks fanning their fancy plumage in parks, farms, and zoos all over the world, these birds are native to Asia. They originated in India, where they are symbols of the Hindu ...

This is because all of these are signs of health and a superior immune system – traits that every peahen wants in her chicks. But not all is lost for males who have less than impressive plumage.

When a peacock fans his plumage and struts his stuff, it's an impressive sight. Or so it appears to us humans. What really matters, of course, is what the female he's trying to impress makes of it.

Among the birds of the world, it is usually the males who have the brightest feathers and the females who are the most drab, ...

CHELMSFORD -- A peahen that prompted numerous calls and alerts while strolling through town center has a new home, and a friend -- at Kimball Farms ice cream in Westford. Animal Control Officer Mar… ...

Do a peacock’s feathers, in all their iridescent beauty, really win the girl? Scientists put an eye-tracking helmet camera on a peahen to find out where her gaze lingered.

A peacock and a peahen were rescued by NMMC on Monday evening. Most of their tail feathers were missing, indicating illegal trade of peacock feathers.

Naperville Animal Control picked up a peahen this week running “afowl” on the north side of the city.The impounded bird, sometimes called a female peacock, is a first for the agency.Supervisor ...

It was interesting to learn that these were peafowl chicks and would one day have beautiful peacock or peahen plumage. Reader Tim Grossman correctly identified the birds in one of his captions, ...