Bowerbirds are well known for their unique courtship behaviour during which, in an attempt to attract a mate, a male builds a ‘bower’ or small enclosed structure of woven sticks and pebbles and ...

The Australian bowerbird is a thief. They like all the shiny things and things of a particular color. For Kim, his passion is all things white. Shoelaces, bracelets, flower petals, hats, or necklaces.

Male satin bowerbirds roam the streets and countryside thieving treasures to adorn their bedrooms, Australian researchers find. But there is no honour among thieves. While they're out poaching, their ...

As playful as it is informative, this simplified graphical narrative combines the labeled sketches of a child’s field journal with mildly slapstick incidents in the life of an Australian satin ...

Aug. 10—Explore the artists of the bird world, made into their own works of art. "I am showing quilts. The originals I painted on silk, very elaborate quilts with the theme of bowerbirds," Judith ...

Bowerbirds that lose one aspect of their mojo compensate by making themselves sexually desirable in other ways, researchers show. The bower of the male satin bowerbird is, in effect, its sexual lure.