Many animals do something that still surprises researchers: females often mate with more than one male. This ...

Cephalopods display some of the most diverse and elaborate reproductive strategies in the marine realm. Their mating systems encompass behaviours such as sexual mimicry, dynamic visual signalling, ...

Biologists tend to look at the animal kingdom and try to categorize things in an organized fashion. But nature has a way of ...

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HONG KONG (KTVX/NEXSTAR) — A university scholar has discovered novel reproductive behavior in a frog species native to Hong Kong. According to the Science Unit of Lingnan University (LU) in Hong Kong, ...

It can be hard to know if someone is really into you. Sometimes, you get hints — a certain look or smile, a nervous blush or flirtation. Giraffes get none of that. They have no set breeding season.

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Source: Shark Bay Research Program, used with permission. Species across the animal kingdom play, suggesting the behavior has benefits. Scientists have long hypothesized a link between juvenile social ...