QuickCheck: Can peacock feathers produce laser light?

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

Secret of how peacocks shake their tail feathers to hypnotise a mate revealed

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 ...
The Bulletin

Trying to solve the peacock's tail

Humans admire peacocks for their stunning tail feathers, but until recently no one could say whether the display actually drew the eyes of peahens. Now scientists, strapping cameras onto the heads of ...
The Diplomat

Why We Trust the Peacock’s Tail

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 ...

Which Bird Is Known as the Queen of Birds?

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

Meet The Australian Bird Whose Tail Is Prettier Than A Peacock’s. Hint: It’s Also One Of The Most Unique Singers

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 ...
NBC Los Angeles

Shake your tail feathers at ‘Peacock Day,' the LA Arboretum's beak-iest bash

So many critters capture our fancy whenever we roam the dozens of acres that fill out the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. The ...