Males engage in a two-week-long sex marathon with as many females as they can find. Each frenzied encounter can last up to 14 ...

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

In the animal kingdom, mating isn’t always about survival. From praying mantises to octopuses, some species die during or ...

For some animals, reproduction comes at the ultimate cost—their own lives. While this may seem extreme, it's a natural strategy to maximize reproductive success. These species invest everything into ...

When it comes to mating, wild animals make their own rules. From lionesses of East Africa that mate with many males before ovulating and committing their eggs, to male walruses that joust for several ...

SAN DIEGO (NEWS 8) - Thursday is Valentine’s Day for humans which means love and romance everywhere. When it comes to the animal kingdom there isn’t much love or romance. Whether it be the courtship ...

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

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

Ferrets are beloved, curious creatures whose popularity as a family pet has steadily increased over the past decades. However ...