From deceptive dances to downright bizarre bedroom strategies, animals have evolved mating rituals that are equal parts wild, ...

An ochre sea star tries to blend into a kelp forest off Point Loma, California. All 20 species of west coast sea stars suffered during the die-off, which began in 2013. ByChris Iovenko Photographs ...

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Wild caught abalone can sell for $150-200 per kilo and each abalone can grow to over one kilogram, meaning the catch could be worth more than $27,000. The matter was adjourned due to a delay in ...

The mating is so rare and so fleeting that it happens only once a year, for about 30 minutes, around the full moon in July. Photographer Laurent Ballesta spent 3,000 hours trying to capture it.

In the darkness of old church attics, surprisingly romantic scenes take place as male greater mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis ...

A team of hunters searching for invasive Burmese pythons in Florida’s Everglades stumbled upon two suspected “mating balls,” but with a mysterious twist. In both cases, the piles of snakes ...

Embarked on a fishing adventure from Mendocino to Crescent City in California, targeting trout on the Smith River, which permits only artificial lures and barbless hooks. After catching several ...

Daniel P. Wojcik, Mating Behavior of 8 Stored-Product Beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae, Tenebrionidae, Cucujidae, and Curculionidae), The Florida Entomologist, Vol ...

Mating behavior of Rhynchophorus cruentatus (Fabricius) was investigated in the laboratory. The sequence of behaviors was consistent for all weevils that mated. Males exhibited rostral rubbing and ...

Fungi exhibit a fascinating array of sexual reproductive strategies that play a vital role in their adaptation and evolution. Central to these processes is the mating‐type (MAT) locus, which ...