Once described by a 16th-century anatomist as the "shameful member," the clitoris has historically been ignored in research ...

How do octopuses mate in the dark? A new study shows how the hectocotylus arm uses progesterone receptors to "taste" for a mate.

Scientists found that the male’s hectocotylus, the specialized arm for mating, is lined with receptors that can sense ...

Scientists have learned how male octopuses' specialized sperm-depositing arm knows where to go ...

The hectocotylus is both a reproductive and sensory organ, Harvard scientists and others have found. Octopuses are some of ...

A new study by Harvard biologists reveals how octopuses feel their way to potential mates with a "taste by touch" sensory ...

When the scientists paired two male octopuses in the same setup, the males interacted by touching arms, but they never ...

Birute Galdikas carries an orangutan named Isabel in Borneo, Indonesia. The 2011 film ‘Born To Be Wild 3D' followed her work.

In the early 1970s, orangutans occupied an ambiguous place in science. They were known to exist, of course, but remained ...

For the past several decades, fertility rates have been in decline. In 1950, the global total fertility rate was around 4.8, meaning that the average woman could expect to have 4–⁠5 children during ...

The ocean is home to a vast array of different animals, each with its own traits. These include different forms of mating, such as parasitic mating. Parasitic mating occurs when the male physically ...

Aldo Zammit Borda receives funding from Economic and Social Research Council. He served as Head of Research and Investigation for the informal Uyghur Tribunal (https ...