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 ...

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.