When it comes to animals romancing in the wild, things get weird—really weird. Some animals offer bizarre gifts, some put on daring dances, and others? Well, let’s just say things get really messy.

Late winter is mating season for several animals, and that means more movement, bolder behavior, and a lot more unexpected encounters around neighborhoods. Besides coyotes, there are so many animals ...

Love is complicated enough for humans, but in the animal kingdom, courtship can get downright bizarre as you’re about to see in the videos of the strangest animal mating rituals below. From underwater ...

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 ...

A research group at the Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University in Japan has used artificial intelligence to determine that Piezo, a channel that receives mechanical stimuli, plays a role in ...

From spraying mates with urine to changing one's sex, these are the most intriguing courtships in the animal kingdom.

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 ...

Scientists found two orange animals mating in a forest of Rio de Janeiro and discovered a new species, a study said. Photo shows a representative area of Brazil. Photo from PROJETO CAFÉ GATO-MOURISCO ...

Koalas have a well-earned reputation for being dopey. Sleeping 19 hours out of every 24, and feeding for 3 of the remaining 5 hours, there doesn't seem to be much time for anything else in their ...

A research group has developed a new system to detect mating in fruit flies using artificial intelligence. They used the system to determine how fruit flies use mechanical stimuli during mating to ...