Male humpback whales are famed for the loud, long and complex songs they make during the mating season.

雄性座头鲸以“嗓门大”“身型长”“擅长复杂歌曲”闻名于世界。

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It is just after dawn and raining lightly, the kind of weather Macgregor's bowerbirds prefer in the mating season.

天刚刚破晓，下起小雨，正是冠园丁鸟繁殖时节求偶的理想天气。

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The start of the mating season is announced in late summer by loud bellowing, as bulls fight to choose their mates.

夏末，公野牛为选择配偶，相互角斗，大声咆哮，宣布配偶季节来临。

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During the summer mating season, uncastrated bulls raunch around like drunk teenagers, fighting other bulls, chasing the ladies, and losing up to a third of their bodyweight in the process.

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Zoo chiefs have begun fertility tests on Edinburgh's female panda, Tian Tian, ahead of the spring mating season.

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The midnight sounds of mating season at the moment suggest that the programme still has some distance to run.

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