mating
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For four-day periods every year from March to August, legions of small, silver fish called grunion ride the waves ashore for mating rituals, beginning on the nights of the full and new moons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
Barfield said her team stays away from the bison during mating season, except for when making observations from the safety of a vehicle.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
July happens to overlap with the animal's mating season - the "peak breeding" period where testosterone levels among bulls are heightened, Jennifer Barfield, the scientific lead at Colorado's Laramie Foothills Bison Conservation Herd, said.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Weber also noted that mating season is coming to an end, when alligators become very territorial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
She witnessed those same moths fluttering, mating, and laying tiny pinpoint eggs of their own.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
