The ocean is home to a vast array of different animals, each with its own traits. These include different forms of mating, ...

Quick Take With sloths, the females are the ones responsible for mating calls. Three-toed sloth mating calls are often described as high-pitched screams or shrill whistles. These calls travel long ...

Beds of Bathymodiolus mussels provide important habitat for other deep-sea critters, including sea stars, scaleworms and limpets. NOAA Ocean Exploration. The deep sea is the large ...

SAN ANTONIO — What started as a behind-the-scenes penguin encounter at SeaWorld San Antonio quickly became a moment neither ...

February, the month of love, isn’t just for humans. As Valentine’s Day approaches, and with the UK predicted to spend almost £1.5 billion for the occasion in 20251, it will come as no surprise that ...

There’s the popular parakeet, a small parrot native to Australia and other regions south of the equator; there are the ...

Let’s turn to animals to answer this question. Just like animals, our attraction is guided by traits that would make someone ...

In his book “The Intimate Animal,” sex and relationships researcher Justin Garcia says people have miscalculated their need ...

While most animals manage to avoid inbreeding through scent recognition or by leaving their packs, others (such as those ...

Some animals can pause their pregnancies until the time is just right to give birth to their offspring. This phenomenon is called embryonic diapause, and over 130 mammal species are able to accomplish ...

Termites are among the most successful animals on Earth, forming vast societies that can number in the millions. But how did such complex social systems evolve from solitary ancestors that looked much ...