Quick Take Coyote mating season typically occurs from January through early March. Coyotes may expand their home ranges ...

Beluga whales avoid inbreeding by switching partners over time, helping a small, isolated population stay genetically healthy ...

For instance, it has been argued that as the modern human Y chromosome replaced the Neanderthal equivalent, Neanderthal males became sterile. Other research suggests that human genes might have messed ...

“While the human penis functions primarily to transfer sperm, our result suggests its unusual large size evolved as a sexual ...

A new study suggests humans belong in an elite “league of monogamy,” ranking closer to beavers and meerkats than to ...

Coyotes historically occupied the grasslands, deserts, and open woodlands of central and western North America, particularly the Great Plains and regions west of the Mississippi River. For much of the ...

Smaller cats had a few advantages. They need less food. Plus, they’re spry. Massive lions are successful hunters just 20% of the time. But African wildcats bring down a whopping 60% of their prey.

Nature is full of surprises, but few are as fascinating as hybrid animals, creatures born from crossing two different species ...

The Leawood Police Department and Animal Control are reminding residents that it is coyote mating season, meaning there may ...

What has eight eyes and stalks its prey like a cat? It’s not a weird science fiction monster; only a small, frequently ...

Scientists hope understanding coyote widowhood will someday help humans in their own grief. A pair of coyotes (Canis latrans) in Griffith Park, Los Angeles. Unlike most other animals, coyotes have ...