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Female chimps are more concerned with having sex with many different males than finding the strongest mate, according to researchers. The new study suggests that female chimps keep quiet during sex so ...

There’s rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we’re once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...

Pseudo-copulation -- an interaction that mimics sexual copulation -- is a behavior known in mammalian communities that reduces aggression and signifies social dominance, particularly among males.

The planet’s first act of sex happened 385 million years ago between two prehistoric fish called pacoderms, according to new research by Australian paleontologist John Long published in the journal ...

The Flyception2 system displays the activity of a neuron known as mAL during copulation. Recordings included (from left) a wide 'arena' view showcasing a male fly (blue dot) and a female (red dot), a ...

When no pseudo-copulation occurred between the dominant and subordinate males, the subordinate male was killed by the sustained aggression of the dominant in half of the animal pairs observed. Here ...