You probably agree with the animals on which bird calls, frog noises and cricket chirps are most attractive – new research

Many aspects of animals that people find beautiful evolved to be attractive to the animals themselves. A new study hints at a common aspect of perception that dates back hundreds of millions of years.

By: Logan S. James, The University of Texas at Austin; McGill University, The Conversation

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Published: March 19, 2026

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By Logan S. James, The University of Texas at Austin; McGill University

Animals do all sorts of things to attract each other as potential mates. Many birds, for example, produce feathers with elaborate color patterns – from the iridescent plumage of many hummingbirds to the famously brilliant tail of a peacock. Charles Darwin, an early pioneer in the theory of evolution, saw these colors and concluded that they exist because other birds find them …

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