Nature is full of evolutionary selflessness. From deep-sea octopuses to certain marsupials, there are animals and insects ...

Unusual for animals from a biological point of view, female mountain gorillas often live many years after last giving birth - just like people. This may be to care for their young, according to ...

In the wild, some parents welcome hundreds, even millions of babies at once and often rely on numbers for survival. Here are ...

Nature is full of evolutionary selflessness. From deep-sea octopuses to certain marsupials, there are animals and insects that reproduce and then die, as their lives can be cut short because they ...