News tagged with adult males

Student researchers help discover world's smallest frog

When two Cornell undergraduates and a recent graduate went on a field research trip to Papua New Guinea in 2008, little did they know it would lead to entries in the Guinness Book of World Records and a groundbreaking ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For male weta, big is better

(PhysOrg.com) -- For a male tree weta, size really is everything. In six of the seven species in New Zealand the males all sport a distinctly large head, and the bigger the head, the better the chance of mating.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Researchers identify a critical growth factor that stimulates sperm stem cells to thrive

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine and Pennsylvania State University have identified for the first time a specific "niche factor" in the mouse testes called colony stimulating factor ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0