"This book is published on the occasion of the Royal Entomological Society's International Symposium on 'The Evolution of Insect Mating Systems' in St. Andrews, September 4-6, 2013. All symposium ...

Amber containing a pair of termites pulled from a Russian mine reveals their mating behavior hasn't changed for tens of millions of years. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Stag beetles have their sumo matches. Female fireflies who murder their mates. These are some of our favorite mating behaviors among insects and arachnids. Stag beetles square off in a wrestling match ...

Understanding the evolution of insect mating behavior is essential for explaining how early insects adapted to life on land. A new study examines Petrobiellus akkesiensis, a rare jumping bristletail, ...

Earlier this summer, researchers announced they found fossils that likely come from courting dinosaurs. To find more fossil evidence of prehistoric animals wooing and mating, scientists will have to ...

Insects typically find their mates by heavily relying on pheromones –– chemicals that allow males and females to locate each other and mate. These pheromones are distinctive to males and females of a ...