Mating

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or caterpillar — into zombie-like puppets that act against their own interests.

Even among the most durable migratory bird pairings, sexual exclusivity is rarely part of their relationship

RNA interference – RNAi – functions specifically to silence, or deactivate, genes. Among other applications, it promises to be groundbreaking as a way to treat infections of bees by a commercially important parasitic pest, Varroa destructor.

They use 'high-precision bite' to inject neurotoxin before mating

Learn more about the mating of blue-lined octopuses — a treacherous ordeal involving sex, cannibalism, and sedation.

On their quest to bring back the extinct woolly mammoth, Colossal Biosciences has developed the woolly mouse

In recent years, the hedgehog population has declined. In 2021, they were redlisted. Hedgehogs are a threatened species in Norway and several other European countries.

Nearly every environment on Earth — and that includes animals — is home to some kind of parasite. We explore parasites not just because they're an

There are so many more questions we have yet to answer in Zoology so grab some fossils, fire up the DNA sequences, and bring your best hypothesis as we

The birds, known for their showy displays, look even more colorful than we thought.

Competing theories explain how dogs came to be domesticated from wolves. Now, a new study adds further support to the idea that they domesticated themselves.

How beak size affects the singing and evolution of songbirds.

White-throated Sparrows demonstrate that traits we usually associate with sex can be influenced by genes that are not on sex chromosomes

Hygiene takes many forms in the animal kingdom, and it's not always about getting clean.

Labord's chameleons are only found in Western Madagascar and have developed a live fast die young life cycle to cope with the extreme environmental conditions.

Kathryn Schulz reviews "The Lives of Spiders: A Natural History of the World's Spiders," by Ximena Nelson.

It's unclear why river dolphins do this, but it might serve some kind of social function.

Some animals have offspring at an advanced age. Others, on the day that they're born.

The burps, barks and snorts humpback whales make when asking their mother for milk are the first recorded instances of begginglike behavior in a baleen whale

Learn how monitoring the outside environment before preparing to leave the egg boosts the odds of a newborn fish's survival.