Female moths avoid laying eggs on stressed plants that emit ultrasonic sounds. Instead, they choose silent, healthy plants.

Does a cuckoo know it's a cuckoo? The answer is more difficult than you might think, explains Richard Pallardy ...

Kākāpō ( Strigops habroptilus) are large, flightless, nocturnal parrots with mottled green and yellow plumage that only breed ...

Spiders produce antifreeze compounds in their bloodstream to protect them from the cold winter. Find out more about how these ...

The UK government has revealed plans to improve the welfare of egg laying hens and to clamp down on “mutilation practices” ...

Biologists studying an Australian lizard observed something no one had ever documented in a vertebrate before. A single female produced offspring through two different reproductive methods during the ...

‘Le Petit Mort’ or ‘the little death’ is the euphamistic term for orgasm. But for some animals, sex and death are more ...

UK ministers launch farming consultations to phase out all British caged eggs by 2032 and introduce stricter animal welfare ...

Big Bear’s famous bald eagles Jackie and Shadow are renovating their nest, signaling a new clutch of eggs could arrive soon.

Boulenger’s backpack frog uses one of the strangest reproductive strategies in the amphibian world. Females carry fertilized eggs in a sealed pouch on their backs, protecting them from predators and ...

Animals reproduce in a variety of fascinating ways. Some species, including humans and many other mammals, give birth to live young that develop inside the mother’s body. Others reproduce through less ...