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 ...

A peacock that spent more than six months roaming a village and hopping from house to house and fence to fence — most recently squawking loudly in search of a mate — has been caught at last. Residents ...

NEW YORK -- A peacock who escaped New York City's Bronx Zoo is attracting growing attention -- and hasn't even needed to fan his feather. "Raul," as locals have nicknamed the runaway fowl, had perched ...

A 121-million-year-old fossil from China shows that extreme feather displays are not a modern bird invention. Plumadraco ...

WAYNE, N.J. (PIX11) — A New Jersey man got a beautiful surprise on Sunday when he went out to his deck and saw a huge peacock in his yard. “It was bigger than my Labrador and my dog weighs about 70-80 ...

H5N1, also known as avian influenza, is a subtype of influenza virus that infects birds and mammals, including humans in rare instances, says the World Health Organization (WHO).