For a small number of animals, reproduction marks a biological endpoint rather than a stage in an ongoing life cycle. Death follows mating with such consistency that it can be predicted within a ...

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 ...

Plants and animals have evolved all sorts of ways to make themselves more appealing to potential mates—including colorful feet, flamboyant feathers, complex mating dances and sexual deception. Many ...

Every ant is a queen in this parasitic species — and they reproduce by cloning themselves and hijacking other ant colonies Naked mole rats wage bloody wars of succession to choose a new queen — but ...

Researchers have uncovered new insights into the evolution of bird behavior, revealing why certain mating systems persist while others disappear over time. Researchers at Rice University have ...

There are some strange mating rituals in the wild. Birds court through dance and song, and some males fight for females’ attention, but what about the head bobbing of crested iguanas? Although the ...