Mating with different partners could become a way to lower that pressure. Just like the red deer, you could be polygynous, meaning you could mate with multiple partners to increase the chances of ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Photograph of three male zebra finches (Taeniopygia castanotis). In this study, more than 4,000 human participants from around the world were presented with pairs of animal sounds from 16 different ...

From the eerie croak of a tropical frog to the haunting call of the howler monkey, the animal kingdom is filled with some wild and wacky mating calls. But which do you find the most appealing?