Animals also choose ... In other words, nearly all females in a population mate and have offspring, but relatively few males mate successfully (Figure 2). Those males that do mate tend to mate ...

All animals need to make copies of themselves ... Although some very simple kinds of creatures, like bacteria, do simply make copies of themselves. They just divide in two, and that's that.

As you begin to see nests full of baby chicks and fledgling birds hopping around in your backyard, you may wonder: how do ...

For two weeks every mating season, a male will mate as much as physically possible, sometimes having sex for up to 14 hours at a time, flitting from one female to the next. And all that ...

communicate and flirt with potential mates — all without speaking. Instead, the singles will embrace their animal instincts and participate in mating rituals pulled straight from the animal kingdom.

Scientists, stumped by that question throughout the animal kingdom, hypothesized that something more than chemistry drives mate choice. Looks are certainly important for the peacock, with his ...

All animals need to make copies of themselves ... Although some very simple kinds of creatures, like bacteria, do simply make copies of themselves. They just divide in two, and that's that.