WASHINGTON — A line of elephants trundles across a dusty landscape in northern Botswana, ears flapping and trunks occasionally brushing the ground. As they pass a motion-activated camera hidden in low ...

While most animals reproduce sexually, some species rely solely on females for parthenogenetic reproduction. Even in these species, rare males occasionally appear. Whether these males retain ...

The first male of a New Zealand stick insect species has been discovered, but not where researchers expected. Massey University’s Professor Mary Morgan-Richards says, “not only was it a surprise for a ...

Science World curator Christine Olsen with Larry, a rare male stick insect born into an all-female colony. (Credit: Arlen Redekop) It’s a boy! Science World staffers were in disbelief after a male ...

A pet stick insect surprised its owner when she noticed it was half male and half female - known as a gynandromorph. Charlie, a green bean stick insect, showed its true colours after it shed its skin ...

Bowerbirds revert to their individual style to lure a mate regardless of how effective it is, study finds. WHEN IT COMES TO attracting a mate, great bowerbirds have unique patterns of seduction.

Today the average human male can stay engaged in sexual intercourse for 5 to 7 minutes. For better or worse, the advent of the new premature ejaculation drug dapoxetine could bring that up to about 20 ...

In this 2016 photo provided by researcher Connie Allen, male African elephants congregate along hotspots of social activity on the Boteti River in Botswana. Female elephants are well-known to form ...

Female elephants are known to form tight family groups led by experienced matriarchs. Males were long assumed to be loners, because they leave their mother’s herd when they reach 10 to 20 years of age ...