For the average peacock, flying only makes up 0.12% of their daily activity. Unlike most flying birds, they don’t use their wings to migrate or swoop down on prey. Instead, flight is a secondary means ...

2. Peacocks Take Years to Develop Colorful Tail Feathers . When they hatch and for months afterward, male and female peachicks look identical. Males don't start to develop color until they are ...

A peacock’s tail feathers can reach up to six feet long and make up about 60 percent of its body length. Despite these odd proportions, the bird flies just fine, if not very far at a time. 6.

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 ...

To better understand the role that peacock tail feathers play in sexual selection, scientists have turned their attention to a tail-shaking move known as "train-rattling." ...

The peacock’s tail is often used as the prototypical example of the evolution of a trait that confers a reproductive (and not a survival) advantage. The tail’s iridescent colors, symmetric ...