The monogamy rate in humans may be higher than you expected... but we do it in a strange way compared to other animals.

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“Almost all other monogamous mammals either live in tight family units of just a breeding pair and their offspring, or in ...

Since the time of the dinosaurs, cycad plants may have attracted insects using infrared light. It may be the world's oldest ...

Cutting off reproduction — from birth control to castration — consistently adds years to life across species, even humans.

A new study uses sibling genetics to compare monogamy across species. Humans score higher than expected and sit close to ...

By studying the genes responsible for the seahorse’s brood pouch, researchers uncovered a new route to “motherhood.” ...

In the animal kingdom, penises can be spiked, split, corkscrewed—even detachable. They're one of the most diverse structures in biology. The human penis is so uniform, it's an anatomical outlier.

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