These three bird courtship displays are so bold, precise and theatrical that they make human romance look a little ...

In 1989, paleontologist Darren Tanke suggested that similar breaks were the result of mating as one dinosaur mounted the ...

A wave of tarantula sightings might occur in the next few months across portions of the U.S. as mating season begins. The secretive spiders are rarely seen – except during mating season. The hairy ...

Some animals reproduce only once before dying. This life strategy, called semelparity, sees organisms channel all energy into ...

Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land.

Thousands of turtles have been sighted off the coast of Ganjam in southern Odisha and at the Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary in ...

Male bonobos have an impressive ability to detect when females are most fertile, even though the usual visual cues are unreliable. Researchers tracking wild bonobos in the Congo discovered that males ...

Playing dead isn't the ultimate ghosting technique. Frogs use "tonic immobility" as a strategy to stay alive during mating ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Tarantula mating season runs from about July to November, skewing toward October in California. Female tarantulas ...

Researchers have identified how the architecture of brain circuits helps different species flexibly adapt to new mating signals across evolutionary timeframes. Male fruit flies have several tricks for ...

Identifying breeding goals as well as prudent selection and mating decisions can result in a cow herd that yields more beef ...