Successful species have two main drives- survival...  ...ignal adaptations to be attractive to females for mating and repellant for eating. In the Taylor Lab at th...

This is a male specimen of Jackson’s widowbi...  ...and female are a dull brown color, except during mating season. That’s when the male grows a glossy...  ...the rest of the Jackson’s widowbirds’ mating ritual is quite elaborate. A male widowbird will create...