Current biology : CBAnimalsCourtshipFemaleSexual BehaviorAnimal
Animal behavior: Courtship displays that grab and hold attention.
Jeffrey Podos
Published: 202510.1016/j.cub.2025.09.069
Abstract
Elaborate mating displays in animals are often thought to evolve in response to female preferences. A new field study on courtship and mating in a Bird-of-paradise points to another function for elaborate displays - to grab and hold females' attentio…
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