Why does the peacock have such an elaborate tail? This cumbersome trait significantly decreases the male's chances of survival. It only exists because it confers an advantage to its bearer in the ...

Social media also played a large role in the peacock spider’s rise to fame when a video of a male spider performing his ritual mating dance went viral. As of December 2024, we’ve now ...

A female may choose a male from several because he is attractive ... Looks are certainly important for the peacock, with his absurdly bright, burdensome train that he shows off to attract a ...

“One day I was looking out the window, and this was in February, and there’s two peacocks sitting on the railing of my deck,” he said. Two male peacocks showed up in the subdivision near ...

In the above video, you can see one of the most strikingly beautiful peacock courtship displays on the planet. A male is displaying his impressive tail feathers (called a train) and is desperately ...