Courtship displays are behaviours aimed to facilitate attraction and mating with the opposite
sex and are very common across the animal kingdom. Most courtship displays are …

Darwin proposed an explicitly aesthetic theory of sexual selection in which he described
mate preferences as a 'taste for the beautiful', an 'aesthetic capacity', etc. These statements …

A major reimagining of how evolutionary forces work, revealing how mating preferences—
what Darwin termed" the taste for the beautiful"—create the extraordinary range of ornament …

The functions of sleep remain elusive. Extensive evidence suggests that sleep performs
restorative processes that sustain waking brain performance. An alternative view proposes …

Dance is ubiquitous among humans and has received attention from several disciplines.
Ethnographic documentation suggests that dance has a signaling function in social …

From fiddler crabs to humans, animals perform repetitive displays showing neuromotor skill
and vigour. Consistent repetition of identical notes (vocal consistency) facilitates the …

Individuals of some animal species have been taught simple versions of human language
despite their natural communication systems failing to rise to the level of a simple language …

What attributes make some individuals more likely to win a fight than others? A range of
morphological and physiological traits have been studied intensely but far less focus has …

A long-standing goal for biologists has been to understand how female preferences operate
in systems where males have evolved numerous sexually selected traits. Jum** spiders of …

Vocalizations used in aggressive and mating contexts often convey reliable information
about signaller condition when physical or physiological limitations constrain signal …