Finding a mate is hard in the animal kingdom! As these strangest animal mating rituals show, it sometimes gets even more ...

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 ...

Few animal facts are repeated with more confidence or less nuance than the claim that penguins mate for life. It is offered ...

About 3 to 5% of mammals are known to be monogamous, meaning they select one mate for life. Still, many monogamous species such as wolves “cheat,” says Stan Gehrt, longtime coyote researcher and ...

Finding a partner and sticking with them for life isn’t all that common in the animal world, but a few species really commit. Scientists have found lifelong bonds among creatures in trees, rivers, ...