Gender discrimination in science doesn’t just affect women scientists. It also skews the results of animal research, as a new paper out this week describes. Animals used in experiments are still ...

When Laura Bush visited Hawaii in 2007, the First Lady approvingly noted that the state’s Laysan albatrosses mate for life. The birds usually return to the same nest with the same partner year after ...

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In the animal kingdom, wild creatures are quite literally hard-wired to locate suitable mates and work as quickly as possible to ensure reproductive success. But one thing scientists have long ...

Zainabu was in good health in the days before she gave birth to her fourth baby, despite the fact that her blood pressure was likely somewhere around 280/220. For a human, such a reading would be ...

From honeybees to elephants, here are six animals with female bosses. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Most animal societies are ...

Female European common frogs will play dead to avoid mating during their "explosive" breeding, where several males attempt to mount one female at the same time. When you purchase through links on our ...

Some female hummingbirds don flashy feathers to avoid being bothered by other hummingbirds, a new study suggests. Beyond vying for mates, animals often also compete for territory, parental attention, ...

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