Kim Bostwick loves slow-motion instant replay. Not because she’s a huge sports fan, but because special high-speed video cameras have allowed her to solve a long-standing mystery: how unusual ...
Male birds that impress females with complex acrobatic movements tend to be smaller than females of the same species, probably because their reduced body size makes them more agile. In birds, it is ...
Birds have some of the most elaborate courtship rituals of any animal. There’s a reason for that: Males of most species have to work hard to impress the females, whether it’s with killer dance moves ...
A video of an unusual bird dance is going viral. A red-capped manakin was seen moonwalking in Costa Rica. The bird’s moves are so smooth they amaze viewers. The footage was shared by YouTuber Petr ...
In the cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador, resides the club-winged manakin, a bird that uniquely 'sings' with its wings. Unlike other songbirds, the male manakin produces a high-pitched tone by ...
Deep within South America's cloud forests lives the club-winged manakin, a bird unlike any other. Instead of singing, the male manakin creates a musical tone with its wings, rubbing specialized ...
Meet the long-tailed manakin. A species of bird where the males are pretty, but the females hold all the cards. The long-tailed manakin (Chiroxiphia linearis) is known as the saltarín toledo in ...
Imagine a bird so unique, it doesn’t sing with its beak, it plays a song with its wings. No, this isn’t a fantasy novel or a Disney script. Meet the club-winged manakin, a real bird from the cloud ...