A 13-year genetic study of 623 beluga whales in Alaska’s Bristol Bay has produced one of the clearest pictures yet of how these Arctic cetaceans choose their mates, and the answer is: they almost ...

Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. A new study from the Museum für Naturkunde, published in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, provides novel insights into ...

Vertebrate mating systems are influenced by ecological and phylogenetic factors, and the variation observed in mating behavior is frequently attributable to the extent to which male assistance in the ...

Traditional explanations for why some animals are monogamous and others are promiscuous or polygamous have focused on how the distribution and defensibility of resources (such as food, nest sites, or ...