Observing animal behavior in a laboratory offers a controlled environment, but these model organisms can behave differently in the wild. An Osaka Metropolitan University-led research team that uses ...

Turtles have been perfecting their mating rituals for millions of years, and some of what they do will genuinely surprise you ...

Courtship in salamanders is orchestrated by intricate chemical signals that mediate attraction, receptivity and coordination of mating rituals. Males produce a suite of proteinaceous and peptide ...

For the first time, a study led by University of Oxford researchers has listened in to the fascinating courtship displays of fiddler crabs using geophones. The findings, published in the Journal of ...

Researchers have captured rare video of whale shark courtship behavior, revealing intimate details of the largest fish in the sea. Reading time 2 minutes Even the biggest fish in the sea have their ...

In a groundbreaking discovery at Dinosaur Ridge, Colorado, scientists have unearthed evidence of a unique form of courtship behavior among theropod dinosaurs, relatives of the famous Tyrannosaurus rex ...

The piece of Russian amber allowed scientists to recreate the ancient scene from the past and understand current animal behavior. The fossil, found in Kaliningrad, Russia, is a "unicorn" because it ...

We often seek human-driven guidance when it comes to dating, but since relationships can be a jungle, maybe there's something to be learned from courtship and mating in the wild. My new book, Wild ...

When it comes to animals romancing in the wild, things get weird—really weird. Some animals offer bizarre gifts, some put on daring dances, and others? Well, let's just say things get really messy.

Earlier this summer, researchers announced they found fossils that likely come from courting dinosaurs. To find more fossil evidence of prehistoric animals wooing and mating, scientists will have to ...