Mating patterns in flowering plants are products of complex interactions between reproductive traits and the ecology of populations (Lloyd, 1980; Holsinger, 1996). An important aspect of mating is the ...

Pollen flow distance, either as pollen dispersed within populations or as gene flow among populations, is important in evolution, ecology and conservation (Barrett and Harder, 1996; Burczyk et al., ...

Scientists who wanted to find out more about humpback whales’ reproductive patterns chanced upon another discovery – the ...

The mating habits of marine turtles may help to protect them against the effects of climate change. The study shows how the mating patterns of a population of endangered green turtles may be helping ...

image: New University of East Anglia research into the mating habits of a critically endangered sea turtle will help conservationists understand more about its mating patterns. The turtle is ...

Learn more about mammal monogamy rates, which support the theory that the primary mating pattern in Homo sapiens is monogamy. Many of us think of our own species as a monogamous one. We select a mate, ...

Scientists once thought that female mate choice alone accounted for the eye-catching color patterns seen in some male fish. But for orangethroat darters, male-to-male competition is the real force ...