Contrary to what many scientists had assumed, animals — when given a choice — rarely avoid mating with their cousins or siblings, according to a new study published in the journal Nature ...

Animals have many different ways of reproducing, and each species has unique courtship rituals and habits. Photo Credit: Pexels Let’s explore the fascinating ways they reproduce.

But a new paper reports mating behaviour between two wild animals – a male Japanese macaque and a female sika deer in Japan. In this case there appeared to be no coercion and both of the animals ...

Mating among red foxes typically takes place in the spring, and adults locate one another through different communicative cues. "Foxes find mates via vocalizations, and also utilize scent marking ...

Before actually mating, male and female birds will lock beaks and gently flick their tongues together. The males will then regurgitate the food for their mates as a sign of affection. Different ...

But for two scorpions looking to mate, ... that make up more than half of the world's animal species; Mating among scorpions is associated ... quirky mating behaviors of different animals, ...

Typically, many sexual animals find a mate based on observable characteristics, known as a phenotype. The animal with grander, flashier or more flamboyant features than its competitors is preferred.

According to this theory, long, long ago, two very different animals, one destined to be wormy, the other destined to take wing, accidently mated, and somehow their genes learned to live side-by ...

But males of two different species intertwined in a mating duel? That was something new. “This observation will change the way we think about how snakes interact with each other,” says Steen.

Different photoreceptors in the eyes can affect how we perceive the world around us. Animals including bees , reindeer , and some birds can see ultraviolet (UV) light that human eyes cannot perceive.