MATING

After following a fertile female for hours, this young male pangolin proves himself worthy of mating. But mating in a suit of armor isn't easy.

For bighorn sheep, the end of autumn marks a turning point. It’s the rutting season and male bighorn sheep are competing for the right to mate.

Do monogamous animals ever split up? Certainly, but a recent study on Canada geese offers some new insight into why it happens among this particular species.

Founded in 1998, FrogWatch USA is one of the longest-running citizen science programs around, and, since amphibians are extremely sensitive to environmental changes, FrogWatchers’ observations have been especially valuable.

The scent that a female brown bear gives off helps the male determine if she is receptive to mating. Watch video from Bears of the Last Frontier: City of Bears.

The Bear Blog with Chris Morgan follows the journey of Chris and his crew during the production of NATURE’s Bears of the Last Frontier, coming in 2011. To learn more about this project, check out the Bear Blog introduction video. I thought courtship was complicated ...