NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – A female peacock, or peahen, that escaped Monday from the Bronx Zoo is back home. The fugitive bird has been roaming the streets of the Bronx since Monday. Zoo ...

She made a magnificent model, and wrote an essay that included the widely-held belief that the purpose of the splendid plumage of the male (the peacock) is to attract the female (the peahen).

While the female peahen looks on, the peacock spreads his train out and ruffles it back and forth as the sun highlights the red, blue, and green within the feathers. But these iconic trains are ...

The peahen would first check out the back (or side ... regardless of whether or not he was actually showing off for the female). “Given that females spent less than one-third of their time ...

“They might serve the function of helping to call the female over, but once she gets there they don’t really seem to matter anymore,” Platt said. A peahen’s gaze (green lines) mostly trac ...

Breheny said the peahen, a female version of a peacock, has been examined by veterinarians and seems to be fine. The zoo's peacocks and peahens wander freely but usually stay inside the zoo.

A male peacock with a striking incandescent blue neck was trying to get the attention of a nearby female. He opened his plumage into a fan, shaking and strutting to wow the potential mate ...

For those who don't know, a peahen is the female of the peafowl species, the peacock is the male. Right now the bird is hanging out near Mountain View and Hover Road. Longmont police say that ...

Riley's wife, Francis, said Saturday that Meanie and his mate, a female peahen named "Whitey," were brought to their home by their daughter. The pair lived in an enclosure in the backyard for some ...

The female peahen is already ready for mating; why does the male need to let out this powerful squawk? The researchers suspected that the male peacock is actually attempting to attract other ...