While polar bears are a big tourist draw, the Arctic has a wealth of wildlife to observe and terrains to explore ...

Male Japanese quails produce a strange seminal foam that appears to enhance the chances of successfully fertilizing an egg.

The male’s body provides valuable nutrition for the female and her future offspring. Interestingly, a male mantis can continue mating even after being decapitated, as the reproductive function is ...

Consider the blue manakin bird of South America. Male blues will form groups, often of three or more, which then practice an elaborate song-and-dance routine to later perform in front of females.

Male blue tits, for example, sport UV-reflective crown feathers that female birds use to assess mate quality—a dynamic completely invisible to human observation without special equipment. Similarly, ...

As a chicken owner, you will inevitably experience a respiratory disease within your flock at some point. Chickens are notorious for respiratory ailments. Today, we’ll look at respiratory diseases in ...

Significance Threatened species are often afflicted with small population sizes, elevated inbreeding levels, and high rates of reproductive failure. In threatened bird species, hatching failure is ...

Next, the bird flits to another bloom, inserts its pollen-dusted beak, where it touches and fertilizes that flower’s reproductive organs and also gathers more pollen on its face.

Thanks to conservation efforts, the population of Kirtland's warblers continues to increase in Wisconsin and the region. And, the future looks bright.

A wild Green Honeycreeper exhibiting distinct characteristics of both male and female of its species, known as a bilateral gynandromorph.

A new report on the mating success of blue tits provides insights into the fascinating world of bird song and its impact on mating rituals.