The wood-feeding cockroach’s cannibalistic love bites lead to a lasting bond. Afterward, the pair prefer each other over all ...

The creek is a favorite gathering spot for the Bay Area’s wild turkeys. A few dozen congregate near the stream and in the ...

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A new study sheds light on the illuminating, sometimes counterintuitive dynamics of mating and how species survive.

Humans don’t have a defined mating season like deer or wolves. Here’s how evolution blended biology, culture and social life into year-round intimacy.

The list by World Atlas of the most dangerous animals in New Jersey includes coyotes, bears, bobcats and some you might not expect.

If more human females mated with Neanderthal males than the other way around, over thousands of years you would expect to see just what they found: more human DNA in Neanderthal X chromosomes and less ...

Neanderthal DNA is not distributed evenly throughout the human genome. Scientists say the explanation may be mating behavior.

Geneticists have found an interesting pattern in how early humans and Neanderthals interbred—and it wasn't balanced.

Humans are social by design. Rising isolation from remote life clashes with our biology, weakening health and community in ...

Humans have climbed to the top of the food chain by skillfully hunting, trapping, and fishing for other animals at scales that far exceed other predators, altering how the animals behave and earning ...

Quick Take Scientists have documented same-sex behavior in hundreds of animal species, though it is not considered a required function for specific ecosystem roles. Some researchers suggest that ...