Charles Darwin scratched his head over the purpose of bowers, the carefully tended sex dens of the bowerbird. But few scientists had conducted studies of these ornate constructions and their ...

In this case, despite the male's best efforts, the female bowerbird seemed unimpressed, disappearing into the trees as soon as the show was over. Dustin is interested in photographing the courtship ...

In order to capture the dazzling, courtship display of the little-known Flame Bowerbird the crew first had to reach a remote forest in Papua New Guinea, a 6-hour boat journey from the nearest town.

Attenborough also closely observes the extraordinary behaviour of a bowerbird, which collects a treasury of white objects to display to its mate during courtship. Working with the legendary ...

Donald, a Macgregor's bowerbird, lives in the dark woods of the Adelbert Range of Papua New Guinea. Here, atop a mossy platform and around a young sapling, he has woven his spire of sticks and twigs.