Reproduction is central to the survival of all living organisms. Over millions of years, animal species on Earth have evolved a remarkable variety of mating strategies, ranging from physical fights ...

Alternative reproductive tactics (ARTs) encompass the suite of discrete morphological, behavioural and physiological strategies that individuals within the same sex adopt to maximise reproductive ...

Viviparity in the family Poeciliidae encompasses a continuum of maternal provisioning strategies that span from strict lecithotrophy, in which all nutrients are deposited in the egg prior to ...

How do animals decide when to fight and when to walk, fly, slither, or swim away? Most research on animal conflict has focused on the short-term costs of single interactions, but a pair of behavioral ...

But exploring the evolutionary roots of these diverse maternal methods is tough, because reproductive tissues decay quickly ...