There are some strange mating rituals in the wild. Birds court through dance and song, and some males fight for females’ ...

Males engage in a two-week-long sex marathon with as many females as they can find. Each frenzied encounter can last up to 14 ...

The animal world is full of fascinating (and, let’s face it, bizarre) mating rituals. You will be shocked at the lengths various species will go to procreate. We will explore some seriously odd ...

Swipe left on the ordinary—nature’s version of dating puts our modern love lives to shame. From deceptive dances to downright bizarre bedroom strategies, animals have evolved mating rituals that are ...

The natural world is full of animals that seem to defy logic, blurring the line between reality and imagination. Some look ...

From mantises that both eat and mate with their suitors at once to baboon couples that can’t turn off the PDA, these animal mating rituals are both crucial and wildly entertaining. 0:00 - Intro to 13 ...

Tap dancing birds, shuffling spiders, and wiggling honeybees; dancing is not just a human phenomenon. Many types of animals show off their moves for a variety of different reasons. By far the most ...

An unforgettable story in Popular Science last week about the bizarre mechanisms of fruit fly mating (fruit flies have “spiky hairs” on their legs that they use “to clasp onto the female”??), sent ...