When researchers played underwater recordings of pushy males, females that were capable of becoming pregnant swam away from ...

When female bottlenose dolphins want to avoid males known for pushy mating behaviors, they listen out for their unique signature whistles. That's the suggestion of a study published in Proceedings of ...

Female bottlenose dolphins may be keeping mental tabs on the behavior of males in their social circles by noting their unique signature whistles—thus remembering which males to avoid, according to a ...

A 12-minute 911 call about an alligator attack in Florida reflects a frantic attempt to save a woman's life and fear that alligator may attack again.

A woman died after being attacked by an alligator while swimming in the Econlockhatchee River. Florida Fish and Wildlife officers have since harvested two large alligators from the area. DNA analysis ...

The team recorded the signature whistles of 11 adult males and played them to 17 wild females through underwater speakers.

In Second Nature, scientists theorize that Darwin couldn’t help but impose his own heterosexual ideations on animal reproduction, mainly that animals only copulate for the purposes of reproduction, ...

Long before humans developed language, social codes, or legal systems, animals had already been looking out for how to ...

Hidden beneath Arctic waters, beluga whales have long kept their family lives a mystery. By analyzing DNA from more than 600 belugas in Alaska’s Bristol Bay over 13 years, researchers uncovered a ...

For months, he and his team had watched the snake using a transmitter and a trail camera. “I’m just kind of following this ...

When the Miami Dolphins hired Jeff Hafley as their new head coach, Hafley preached the idea of creating a culture of competition. As a result, many assumed the Dolphins would undergo a quarterback ...