Even rural birds prefer human-made objects, such as colored glass and wire, when given the choice between them and natural ...
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For millions of years, male great bowerbirds have wooed their mates with flowers and seeds. But in today’s urban world, such ...
It is said that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, but bowerbirds have turned refuse into an aphrodisiac, stealing ...
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Urban bowerbirds prefer human-made items over natural materials for courtship
Unsual mating rituals are emerging in modern times. In a bizarre wild twist, a ...
According to a new paper published in the journal Royal Society Open Science by University of Exeter scientists, urbanization and the associated growing availability of brightly colored human-made ...
Male bowerbirds are increasingly using plastic, glass, and other human-made objects to attract mates, showing how urban ...
In an ever-evolving social climate currently dominated by apathy, North Carolina’s Bowerbirds represent a deviation from an unhealthy social criterion. When the band graces the stage at the Iron Horse ...
When male spotted bowerbirds collect sticks and other doodads to wow females, these natural interior decorators don’t search for the rare showpiece, according to a new study. Biologists have wondered ...
Charles Darwin scratched his head over the purpose of bowers, the carefully tended sex dens of the bowerbird. But few scientists had conducted studies of these ornate constructions and their earnest ...
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