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 ...

The Ryde Hotel’s staffers are desperately missing their favorite occupants — the gorgeous peacocks known to fawn about on the ...

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) -- A female peacock has ruffled more than just feathers at a Los Angeles-area liquor store. The peahen walked into the Royal Oaks Liquor Store in Arcadia on Monday.

Researchers filmed male and female peacocks at a botanical garden near Los Angeles with high-speed cameras. When train-rattling, the birds used the shorter, grey tail feathers to strum the longer ...

When courting a female, peacocks fan their colorful rear feathers and shake them, but somehow keep their plumes' iridescent circles, or eyespots, nearly still, like a fixed stare.

Peacock tail feathers shake at resonance and hold eyespots still during courtship displays Dynamic feather vibrations enhance male peacocks display for female viewers Date: April 27, 2016 Source ...

The eye-like markings on the finish of peacock plumes are interpreted as the evil eye. The hostile stare markings are said to be the ever-vigilant gaze of the female devil Lilith.

But peacock plumage has a lot going on -- wings, tail feathers, eyespots all over -- and it’s been unclear which parts play the pivotal roles in making that decision.

The male peacock, in particular, left a lasting impression on me. With a bold display of iridescent feathers, he exuded confidence and presence.

When a peacock fans his plumage and struts his stuff, it's an impressive sight. Or so it appears to us humans. What really matters, of course, is what the female he's trying to impress makes of it.

Staff at the Ryde Hotel are devastated that their peacock flock is missing. The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office is ...