A healthy garden attracts more than pollinators. It can bring California quail, too. Discover how these social birds help ...

Because their feet are not adapted to process prey items, shrikes carry large items to thorny vegetation and/or barbed wire ...

Stroll through a peaceful prairie and, in the span of a step, you might set off a burst of beating wings as a covey of ...

If a female house mouse mates with multiple male house mice, her litter could have multiple fathers. Polyandry, as this mating practice is called, is common for various species. Yet scientists are ...

A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...

A team of shark researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has solved a long-standing mystery, identifying the first ...

The Photuris firefly is an iconic genus of lightning bugs. Female species in this genus lure and eat other male fireflies.

“Tiger sharks typically roam widely in what can seem like random patterns, so finding such a strong and consistent seasonal ...

A large international study reveals that mammals tend to live longer when reproduction is suppressed. On average, lifespan ...

A growing body of research suggests same-sex behavior in nonhuman primates is important to social connections.