About 97% of male birds either have a penis that's severely reduced in size, or completely lost. In terms of animal reproduction, this is clearly counter-intuitive. For animals that fertilize an egg ...

Mating dances are not unusual in the bird kingdom, but the displays put on by birds of paradise are mesmerizing. The male bird in the above clip is doing his best to impress a female, and the display ...

As you begin to see nests full of baby chicks and fledgling birds hopping around in your backyard, you may wonder: how do birds mate? The answer is actually different from what we’ve come to expect as ...

Wisdom, the 72-year-old albatross residing on an island northwest of Hawai'i, is performing mating dances for potential partners Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been ...

Birds use odor to identify other birds, and researchers have shown that if the bacteria that produce the odor is altered, it could negatively impact a bird's ability to communicate with other birds or ...