Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

There is more to a peacock's feather-shaking technique than just an ostentatious display of iridescent eyespots to attract a mate, a new report has revealed. Animals often display their body parts ...

A peacock unfurls his magnificent train feathers. (Credit: Roslyn Dakin) When you see a peacock shake a train feather, you’re watching finely tuned natural engineering at work. When a peacock wants to ...

THE dazzling display of colour in a peacock’s tail is produced by a surprisingly simple mechanism – a crystal structure woven into the bird’s feathers. Researchers have long known that the vivid blues ...

Biologists have known for some time that peacocks use their shimmery, iridescent feathers to woo partners (known as peahens) — but they now have a better idea of what the frenzied feather shaking ...

Just recently, my primary school daughter, little Lola, did a school project on the peacock. She made a magnificent model, and wrote an essay that included the widely-held belief that the purpose of ...

Peacocks' striking feather displays fail to excite, much less interest, females, according to new research. This throws a wrench in the long-held belief that male peacock feathers evolved in response ...

A peacock displays its beautiful feathers, not as a way to woo a mating partner but to cool itself down under the scorching sun in the Shahu peacock garden in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region June 20, ...