Kate Rodriguez-Clark is an animal matchmaking guru. Among her responsibilities as a population ecologist for the Smithsonian, ...

As humans push farther into the wild bird’s South Asian habitat ... goats were among the first domesticated animals, the process is ongoing. Each breed has qualities favored by particular ...

One of the most fascinating aspects of human life is how we choose our mates. Animals also choose their mates, sometimes with a great deal of care. Mating systems are important to understand ...

Knowledge of animal mating systems helped human societies grow, because propagation of domesticated stocks ensured that there were dependable supplies of food (Zeder 2008). When observing wild or ...