Male blue-lined octopuses inject a powerful neurotoxin into the hearts of females before mating to avoid being eaten, according to a new study. The males have evolved to use a venom called ...

During mating season, which runs from April 16 until Aug. 14 every year, it is also illegal to prevent them from returning to their roosts to prevent flightless young bats from getting trapped ...

It’s an octopus-eat-octopus world. Scientists have discovered that when mating, male blue-lined octopuses will inject a powerful, incapacitating neurotoxin into the hearts of female octopuses ...

Sometimes, this trend is even labeled as a dating or mating crisis. Occasionally, explanations are given for this trend (e.g. men working or achieving less). Nevertheless, a central cause for this ...

A recent study on chimpanzees in Taï National Park in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, revealed that chimpanzees are losing traditions of male mating gestures. This coincides with declining chimpanzee ...

The kangaroo is the largest marsupial on Earth today. ©Dennis Jacobsen/Shutterstock.com Kangaroos (Macropodidae) are unique marsupials due to their gigantic feet and long, powerful tails. These ...

“The unique mating rituals and displays of birds-of-paradise have fascinated scientists and spurred a myriad of studies focused on trait evolution and sexual selection,” said the study’s lead author ...