Male peacocks fan their colourful rear feathers and shake them, but somehow keep their plumes' iridescent circles, or eyespots, nearly still, like a fixed stare. Peacock tail feathers beat on average ...

Peacocks know how to twerk it to attract females. During mating season, a flamboyant fowl will raise his iridescent train, shake his wings and vibrate his fan. Such displays can go on for hours.

DAVIS, S.D. (KELO) — In this part of the country, you’re most likely to spot a peacock or two at a zoo. But, the flamboyant birds can also be found in backyards — including in the small town of Davis.

As male peacocks shake their long feathers in courtship, the iridescent eyespots remain nearly stationary and captivate females, according a study published April 27, 2016, in the open-access journal ...

The bird is not an albino, but a rare colour variation of the India Blue peacock. Like the more common blue-green Indian peacock, the extravagant tail feathers are displayed to impress the female of ...

The children reportedly stepped on the peacock's tail and plucked its feathers A video going viral in China shows children chasing after a white peacock at a zoo. The children even ripped out some of ...

THE dazzling display of colour in a peacock’s tail is produced by a surprisingly simple mechanism – a crystal structure woven into the bird’s feathers. Researchers have long known that the vivid blues ...