In polygyny, one male mates with multiple females during a breeding season. This is the mating system of some primates, lions, and deer ...

Animals also choose their mates, sometimes with a great deal of care. Mating systems are important to understand because they reflect the result of natural selection on mate choice, and ultimately ...

When mating with animals other than their pair-bonded partners ... To unravel the geladas’ mating habits, researchers watched 19 groups of wild monkeys for 3 years. Geladas usually live in units ...