Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land.

In the animal kingdom, mating isn’t always about survival. From praying mantises to octopuses, some species die during or ...

Evolutionary theories of human sexuality have tended to describe people as generally preferring either short or long-term mating strategies. Hence, the idea that human sexuality falls on a continuum ...

In my view, one of the most important theories of sex and relationships is the Sexual Strategies Theory (SST). Developed by David Buss and David Schmitt in the 90’s, SST has a simple premise: Humans ...

Male phenotypes in the ruff. (Left) Independent ruff males interacting at a lek. (Right) A Satellite ruff male with pale ornamental feathers at a lek. Photos courtesy of Tom Schandy. Ruff males have ...

Playing dead isn't the ultimate ghosting technique. Frogs use "tonic immobility" as a strategy to stay alive during mating ...

Male bonobos have an impressive ability to detect when females are most fertile, even though the usual visual cues are unreliable. Researchers tracking wild bonobos in the Congo discovered that males ...

Researchers have discovered a bizarre mating strategy in bats with penises so "disproportionately long" that they cannot be used for penetrative sex. The behavior was observed in common serotine bats ...

Alternative mating strategies of the Japanese scorpionfly have been studied sparingly over the years, primarily focusing on individual populations. Now, scientists compare the mating habits of male ...

Living in the frigid waters off the coast of Antarctica, the giant sea spider has hatched its young in secrecy for over 140 years. But recently, researchers dove down to the sea floor off the remote ...

Which one then is the better strategy for finding a partner? A team of researchers from the University of Rochester and the Israeli-based Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya examined the effects of ...