An unclaimed male peacock has become the talk of a rural community, having ravaged vegetable patches and woken neighbours ...

Long-time residents say at least a dozen bright-blue Indian peacocks have wandered Errol Heights in Southeast Portland since ...

Whenever a male peacock fans his tail, he shakes it at a rate of 26 times a second, creating a pressure-wave that literally rattles the female’s head for attention. A version of this story ran ...

The male peacock jumping spider must dance for his life. In order to woo a female and avoid being eaten, he performs an intricate dance using a brilliantly colored fan attached to his abdomen.

Most pet owners either buy the peafowl (male peacocks), peahens (female peacocks) when they are young or raise them from eggs, which is most likely the origins of the peacocks spotted in urban areas.

Snip one male peacock, the thinking goes, and it will no longer be able to fertilize the eggs of the female peahens in its harem. “Peacocks are bona fide polygamists,” said Dr. Don J. Harris ...