SINGAPORE – Scientists who wanted to find out more about humpback whales’ reproductive patterns chanced upon another discovery – the marine mammals’ hormone levels not only indicate breeding periods, ...

(MENAFN- IANS) Kochi, May 19 (IANS) A groundbreaking study by ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute has uncovered remarkably complex mating behaviour in the Indian squid (Uroteuthis ...

Genetic correlation estimates typically assume that mating is random. But in the real world, partners tend to pair up because of many shared interests and social structures. Many estimates of how ...

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have revealed how sociocultural factors, in addition to geography, play a significant role in shaping the genetic diversity of modern societies. The ...

Scientists once thought that female mate choice alone accounted for the eye-catching color patterns seen in some male fish. But for orangethroat darters, male-to-male competition is the real force ...

On an extreme northwest patch of the planet, the icy waters of Alaska become witness to a romantic episode that plays out between late winter and early spring. A male beluga whale folds its forehead ...