THE magnificent tail display of a peacock is one of nature's most recognisable spectacles, with their iridescent blue and ...

Why do peacocks grow such an elaborate tail to attract a mate? After all, their unwieldy plumage makes them much more liable to being eaten by a predator or killed by a more agile rival. Charles ...

On a microscopic scale, the extravagant eyespots of a peacock’s tail are built like optical machines — arrays of nanoscale rods and sheaths arranged with mathematical precision. But these intricate ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder. Well, if ...

The peacock is known as the Queen of Birds because of its colourful feathers and majestic dance. Learn about its appearance, ...