Wisdom, the 72-year-old albatross residing on an island northwest of Hawai'i, is performing mating dances for potential partners The world's oldest living bird is seeking a new mate after she lost ...

Size, colour and shape can all be reasons for animals to choose one individual over another as a mate. But in some species, behaviours that look like intricate dance steps play a very important role.

For 40 minutes it performed a dazzling dance routine in front of its bower ... Dustin is interested in photographing the courtship display behaviours of birds, seeing how intelligent the birds are and ...

Conservation Status: The International Union for Conservation of Nature labels the bird vulnerable; it is hunted for its meat and plumage, and its habitat is fragmented. Witnessing a mating call ...

Birds in some so-called monogamous species still mate with other partners ... “It’s like going out on the dance floor if you’re a really good dancer.” There are risks: The stunt could ...

After mating, the birds remain together for years ... They go through a grieving phase and a wooing dance to locate a new partner if they are lost.

In December 2023, Jon Plissner, USFWS supervisory wildlife biologist at Midway, saw Wisdom engaged in mating dances. “She was still actively courting other birds in March [2024],” he wrote.