Female tortoises are bearing the brunt of the brutal behaviour of their male counterparts, who are regularly pushing them off cliffs in North Macedonia.
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The Australian sea lion’s unique breeding cycle may give sea lion mothers more time to teach their pups life skills.
But the intricate melodies these colourful little birds sing don’t just indicate how they behave.
Struggling to find love? So is the rest of the animal kingdom.
A variety of species across the animal kingdom can reproduce both sexually and asexually, including some types of starfish, water fleas, hammerhead sharks and Komodo dragons.
It may not be obvious to the human ear but birds of the same species sing in different dialects.
Death by exhaustion, cannibalism, complete body fusion: across the animal kingdom, mating takes many strange forms.
Seahorse fathers use different muscles and hormones to give birth than female animals.
Our research is countering some previous ideas about what factors might slow down ageing. Further study could help us create targeted treatments in humans too.
New findings suggest the loss of fertility at high temperatures is a major threat to the survival of some species.
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