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Mexican fire leg tarantulas mating

Animal Sex: How Tarantulas Do It

By Joseph Castro published

Tarantula mating involves sperm webs, courtship dances, and fang clasping. And sometimes sexual cannibalism.

Spiders
two land snails ready to mate

Animal Sex: How Love Dart–Shooting Snails Do It

By Joseph Castro published

Snails
A giant saddleback tortoise on the Galapagos island of Espanola.

Animal Sex: How Galápagos Tortoises Do It

By Joseph Castro published

Galápagos tortoise mating involves neck competitions, harassment and lengthy sperm storage.

Land Mammals
paddle oar

Spider Shows Off His Big Paddle to Woo Mates

By Tia Ghose published

A new spider species wiggles its enormous paddle appendage in order to woo mates, research reveals.

Spiders
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Holiday Horrors Unwrapped: 5 Weird Gifts in the Animal Kingdom

By Stephanie Pappas published

Animals
Reindeer in the snow in Scandinavia.

Animal Sex: How Santa's Reindeer Do It

By Joseph Castro published

In the months preceding Christmas, Santa's sleigh-pulling ungulates are engaged in a very different activity — mating. Reindeer sex involves herding, defending harems and ignoring lovers.

Land Mammals
A manatee swims in the springs of Crystal River, Florida.

Animal Sex: How Manatees Do It

By Joseph Castro published

Manatee sex involves rendezvous points, large mating herds and aggressive shoving.

Land Mammals
two giraffes touching lips

Animal Sex: How Giraffes Do It

By Joseph Castro published

Giraffe sex involves cocktail parties, statuelike stances, urination and instantaneous ejaculation.

Giraffes
hooting male howler monkeys

Howler Monkeys with Deeper Calls Have Smaller Balls

By Stephanie Pappas published

It's a tough trade-off for male howler monkeys: a deeper voice, or more sperm?

Monkeys
illustration of aliens

If Aliens Exist, Would They Have Sex?

By Stephanie Pappas published

Extraterrestrial Life
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