Males engage in a two-week-long sex marathon with as many females as they can find. Each frenzied encounter can last up to 14 ...
Some animals reproduce only once before dying. This life strategy, called semelparity, sees organisms channel all energy into ...
In the animal kingdom, mating isn’t always about survival. From praying mantises to octopuses, some species die during or ...
Fatal attractions are a standard movie plotline, but they also occur in nature, with much more serious consequences. As a conservation biologist, I’ve seen them play out in some of Earth’s most remote ...