Alabama law imposes relatively few state-level restrictions on traditional household pets and low-risk animals. Dogs, cats, small domesticated rodents (such as hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, rats, ...

Mating calls and rituals can be intercepted, or drowned out, by invasive species. Scientists are just starting to understand ...

For a small number of animals, reproduction marks a biological endpoint rather than a stage in an ongoing life cycle. Death follows mating with such consistency that it can be predicted within a ...