Finding a mate is hard in the animal kingdom! As these strangest animal mating rituals show, it sometimes gets even more ...

Among animals, few life cycles are as dramatic as that of the octopus. After a single reproductive event, many females enter ...

In the animal kingdom, mating isn’t always about survival. From praying mantises to octopuses, some species die during or soon after reproduction. Expert explains how evolution favours these extreme, ...

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

Two wombs, a forked penis, and giving birth through the nose. These are just a few of the bizarre stories circulating about ...

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 ...

Coyotes become more active during mating season – especially at dawn and dusk – which can mean more howling at night, more ...

When the total solar eclipse happens on Monday, animals at homes, farms and zoos may act strangely. Researchers can’t wait to see what happens when day quickly turns to night. By Juliet Macur and ...