When thinking of the Australian bowerbird you might expect the feathery thieves to create a lavish collection of blue to impress its lady friends, but in the west, the bird fancies a whiter shade of ...

The regent bowerbird male is one of the more striking of the family of bower builders, and he’s intelligent too THE REGENT BOWERBIRD (Sericulus chrysocephalus) is not only incredibly beautiful and ...

You’re going to speak to an audience of two million as part of National Simultaneous Storytime, which has run for the past 24 years – yet you’ve spoken in the past about your shyness. How have you ...

A rambunctious bowerbird youth has been constructing his bower a metre from where Guardian Australia data and interactive editor Nick Evershed's kids jump on the trampoline. The kids have been rapt, ...

In many species of birds, the males are far showier than the females. Males of some species might possess colorful plumage or exaggerated physical features to catch a female’s eye, while males of ...

NOVA: Do you think there are new bowerbird species left to discover? Borgia: It's possible. I think what may happen is that existing species may be split. Certainly with the Vogelkop bowerbirds that ...