Worm sperm races really matter for evolution

Sexual selection can take place after mating, not just before, research on C. elegans worm sperm finds.

U. Oregon • futurity
March 23, 2022 ~4 min

How baboons keep family and romance separate

Baboons are pretty good, but not perfect, at keeping their family and romantic lives from getting too intertwined. Here's where their social filter fails.

Robin Smith-Duke • futurity
March 14, 2022 ~6 min


Male sparrows shuffle their playlists to woo mates

New findings suggest the tweets of a little song sparrow and its "bird brain" are a lot more complex and akin to human language than anyone realized.

Duke University • futurity
Jan. 31, 2022 ~7 min

Humpback whale song is for finding other whales, not courting them

New research is "an arrow through the chest" for the theory that humpback whales sing to attract mates. Instead, their song is much closer to sonar.

Bert Gambini-Buffalo • futurity
Dec. 1, 2021 ~6 min

Pest control clues: Mating termites ‘follow the leader’

Two invasive termite species in South Florida allowed researchers to better understand how they breed and form new colonies.

Lourdes Mederos-U. Florida • futurity
Oct. 5, 2021 ~6 min

Guy friends help male chimps find mates and become dads

If you're a male chimp looking for love—or offspring—it pays to make friends with other males.

Morgan Sherburne-Michigan • futurity
Aug. 19, 2021 ~8 min

Male fruit flies need to be aroused to ‘see’ females

A male fruit fly will chase a female for more than 26 yards—that's 9 miles—vibrating its wings in a fruit fly love song. But first he needs to be aroused.

Katherine Fenz-Rockefeller • futurity
July 21, 2021 ~6 min

Brood X cicadas will emerge to a very different world

When Brood X cicadas emerge this summer, it will be to a world drastically altered from the one their ancestors knew.

Talia Ogliore-WUSTL • futurity
May 14, 2021 ~6 min


‘Couple simulation’ better models mate selection

A new "couple simulation" works with more of the nuanced business of human mate selection.

Sonia Fernandez-UCSB • futurity
Feb. 18, 2021 ~8 min

Watch a glass frog get funky when mating croaks are too quiet

Glass frogs that live near loud streams will add a friendly wave or "dance" to their love calls to attract mates.

Kara Manke-UC Berkeley • futurity
Jan. 21, 2021 ~6 min

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