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Tag: animal sex

Tag: animal sex

Animal Reproduction

Sexual Cannibalism

Sexual cannibalism represents perhaps the most extreme form of conflict between the sexes. This kind of behaviour is observed in several species of praying mantids

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Animal Reproduction

What Is Traumatic Insemination?

Traumatic mating has evolved repeatedly in several animal phyla. It is most common among arthropods – invertebrates with exoskeletons. Many kinds of behaviours fall into

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Book Excerpts

Homosexuality in Nature

The ubiquity of homosexuality that occurs in nature means that its existence is likely to be explained in different ways in different scenarios. In truth,

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