A switch in traditional gender-role behavior gives an advantage to male and female shorebirds called jacanas. Found in tropical regions, jacanas have evolved a social system that confused early ...

Still, honeybees continue practicing polyandry, with some North American honeybee queens each having sex with an average of seven to 20 males, and the giant honeybee in Asia know to demand up to ...

A proposal by the South African government to legalise polyandry - when a woman has more than one husband at the same time - has led to howls of protest from conservative quarters. This does not ...

However, women are not legally allowed to marry more than one husband, a practice known as polyandry. This has led to many discussions about whether marriage laws are fair to both men and women.