mating
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Researchers observed that T. sesama appears to spend its life focused on just four main activities: feeding, searching, mating, and laying eggs.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
His doctoral thesis involved years watching the aggressive mating dance of the 10-spined stickleback.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
"We have tentatively suggested that the long palps might allow the male to keep a safer distance during mating and help him avoid being attacked and devoured by the highly aggressive female."
From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 2026
There is no specific coyote season in California but they are most active between January and March, which is their mating season.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 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
