European female frogs fake their own death to avoid mating with aggressive males
These amphibian ladies will resort to extreme tactics if that means avoiding pestering males.
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Shy albatrosses have higher chances of divorce, researchers surprisingly find
In bird love, it pays to be bold.
Highly venomous sea snakes may be attacking scuba divers as a mating behavior
Olive sea snakes may charge at human divers because they mistake them for rival males or potential mates.
Male butterflies ‘dibs’ their mates with a repulsive odor to ward off other suitors
The same anti-aphrodisiac is produced by some plants to attract butterflies. Despite the contradiction, the chemical signaling seems to work ...
Wild grey seals clap underwater to find a mate
If you're horny and you know it clap your... flippers?
Small Amazon bird has the loudest call in the world
When sexual selection favors the loud.
Seminal fluid blinds honeybee queens so they’re less likely to mate with other males
A perfect example of a sexual arms race in the animal kingdom.
Bonobo mothers help their sons get dates — it makes them 3x as likely to become fathers
Just let me get Tinder like everybody else, Mom. Sheesh.
Why do bachelors exist in the animal world?
Those majestic lions, with a harem of females? They're just compensating for something.
Tinder-like app for orangutans lets females in zoos chose who they mate with
Swipe, swipe, swipe, banana.
We pick our mates by their genome — even if we aren’t aware of it
Humans too engage in assortative mating, scientists find.
Fungus turns frogs into sex zombies, but then kills off whole species
A new study of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), a deadly fungus which affects amphibians worldwide, found that it spreads by making ...
Dinosaur love dance impressed on sandstone offers first glimpse of dino courtship
Birds are literally dinosaurs, so many scientists suspect millions of years ago dinosaurs shared similar courtship tactics like fancy plumage ...
Male ruff birds cross-dress to steal females, and it’s all in their genes
Self-preservation and reproduction are the most powerful instincts, and life forms on Earth have devised all sorts of gimmicks and ...
Females are not rational when it comes to choosing their mates – at least in frogs
Picking a mate is one of the most important decisions anyone (human or animal) makes in a lifetime, so it's ...
Blue whales singing lower every year, baffled scientists say
Blue whales are not only the biggest living creatures in the world right now, but the biggest ever to have ...
The mysterios green glow of the sea decoded
In the past the sea was considered a truly miraculous place especially as many phenomena seemed to have no logical ...
