There are some strange mating rituals in the wild. Birds court through dance and song, and some males fight for females’ ...

Scientists discovered that a subtle behavior by the female of the species dictates whether the quick-fire procreation process ...

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

For a small number of animals, reproduction marks a biological endpoint rather than a stage in an ongoing life cycle. Death ...

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 ...

The piece of Russian amber allowed scientists to recreate the ancient scene from the past and understand current animal behavior. The fossil, found in Kaliningrad, Russia, is a "unicorn" because it ...