Females are a dull brownish gray but — like their namesake, the peacock — male sparklemuffins pull out all the stops in the ...

When they move on, other marine animals may take up residence in the abandoned burrow. Growing to around the length of a butter knife, peacock mantis shrimp have rainbow shells—usually blue ...

The Blue Peacock project remains one of the more original ... However, it is not the only controversial idea for using animals for military or political purposes from the Cold War era.

Scientists, stumped by that question throughout the animal kingdom, hypothesized that something more than chemistry drives mate choice. Looks are certainly important for the peacock, with his ...