Before love was texted, typed, and timestamped, it was whispered on the wind and carved into trees. The more-than-human world served as witness to love’s first unfolding—under open skies ...

When a male anglerfish finds his mate in the pitch-black expanse of the deep sea, he uses his sharp teeth to latch onto her side.

In the unlit depths of the ocean, where food is scarce, and chance encounters are rarer still, anglerfish have evolved one of nature’s most bizarre mating approaches. When a male anglerfish finds a ...