These dune flies perform 41 courtship moves, but isolated populations still kept nearly identical routines. Only the timing of one wing movement showed a hint of divergence. doi.org/cmdm6b
"Love makes fools of all of us," wrote 19th-century novelist William Makepeace Thackeray. A moment spent watching the pigeons at your local park suggests he was right: males with puffed-up, shimmering necks hop, pirouette, coo, and bow to capture the attention of unimpressed females.
