Some animals are capable of parthenogenesis, a reproductive process in which females produce offspring without fertilization.

When people talk about saving wildlife, they often focus on numbers. Conversations center on how many deer live in a forest, ...

Animals may not celebrate Valentine’s Day, but courtship rituals, pair bonding and fierce competition shape love in the wild.

The Queen gets to tell everyone what to do, and she chooses a few males to breed with, we believe,” says Kerns. “However, she can have one of the largest litters of any mammals, over 30 babies at a ...

Scientists have documented same-sex behavior in many animals. Learn what it means, how it varies, and why human labels can mislead.

A children’s book with explicit illustrations of animal mating has sparked a challenge in Florida's Orange County Public Schools this month but will remain available in four middle school libraries ...

Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there are still huge hurdles to overcome.

From spraying mates with urine to changing one's sex, these are the most intriguing courtships in the animal kingdom.

Greenville County Animal Care and the Greenville Humane Society will team up to spay and neuter 500 feral cats within two days.

These flies lay eggs on open wounds, and their larvae feed on live flesh. And a case was just stopped in a Florida quarantine ...