Acoustic communication in mosquitoes plays a critical role in mating, facilitating the precise detection and localisation of partners during flight. Male mosquitoes, with their highly sensitive ...

This unisensory approach stems in part from the lack of miniaturized hardware able to co-locate different sensing modules and enable in-sensor and near-sensor processing. Recent efforts have targeted ...

Not all fish play by the same reproductive rules. Evolutionary biology reveals how deception became a successful mating ...

In examining the mating rituals of roundworms, researchers uncovered a unique approach to reproduction that maximizes genetic fitness. Sparks fly when a female nematode meets her mate in a Petri dish.

Researchers at Rice University have uncovered new insights into the evolution of bird behavior, revealing why certain mating systems persist while others disappear over time. "This research not only ...

Pheromones—chemicals produced by animals—are well-known for influencing the social and sexual behavior of members of the same species. These chemical signals convey vital information, such as gender ...

A new study has found that chemical additives in everyday plastic might be stopping – or, at best, interrupting – the reproductive habits of a shrimp-like species that is key to the marine food chain.

SAN DIEGO — For the first time ever, researchers have captured video of three endangered zebra sharks mating in the wild in the South Pacific, providing scientists worldwide with unprecedented ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A recent study on chimpanzees in Taï National Park in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa, revealed that chimpanzees are losing traditions ...

Western mosquitofish, pictured here, are known as the "plague minnow" due to their aggressive impact on native habitats when introduced. SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – For decades, ecologists have known that ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...