Evolutionary theories of human sexuality have tended to describe people as generally preferring either short or long-term mating strategies. Hence, the idea that human sexuality falls on a continuum ...

In my view, one of the most important theories of sex and relationships is the Sexual Strategies Theory (SST). Developed by David Buss and David Schmitt in the 90’s, SST has a simple premise: Humans ...

The side-splotched lizard (*Uta stansburiana*), commonly found in California, United States, displays striking variations in ...

Lionesses are known to mate up to 40 times per day during their reproductive stage. Discover why lions mate so often here!

Male phenotypes in the ruff. (Left) Independent ruff males interacting at a lek. (Right) A Satellite ruff male with pale ornamental feathers at a lek. Photos courtesy of Tom Schandy. Ruff males have ...

Discover the giant sperm strategy, a unique reproductive approach that dates back 100 million years and challenges conventional mating tactics. A reproductive strategy is essentially a cost-benefit ...

In the animal kingdom, mating isn’t always about survival. From praying mantises to octopuses, some species die during or ...

All life is driven by the need to breed. Yet for a few, the odds of success are overwhelmingly against them, and these animals have adopted the most extraordinary mating strategies of all. Show more ...

Living in the frigid waters off the coast of Antarctica, the giant sea spider has hatched its young in secrecy for over 140 years. But recently, researchers dove down to the sea floor off the remote ...

Sales figures from one of the world's largest cosmetics companies - L'Oreal - revealed that during 2008, a year when the rest of the economy suffered record declines in sales, this cosmetics leviathan ...

Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land.