As a general rule of thumb, most of the world’s wild animals keep their instinctual mating practices within their own species bubble. But if you’re a female plains spadefoot toad, then you just might ...

There’s no such thing as a one-night stand with anglerfish. Marine biologists have just discovered that these toothy, deep-sea creatures possess an unprecedented immune adaptation that allows their ...

When female sheep get the choice, they would rather mate with a subordinate male than a dominant one. Dominant rams usually mate with ewes much more often than lower-ranking rams do. But they can ...

IT was a night of shears and queers, bears, otters and Eagles on Thursday as a collection made from the wool of gay sheep ...

Trivers (1972) proposed that females may choose to mate with males of high sexual competence (the ability to supply sufficient sperm for fertilisation). This hypothesis was tested by allowing ewes in ...