News tagged with female fish

Familiarity breeds contempt in cleaner fish

(PhysOrg.com) -- Familiarity with your partner is usually thought to promote teamwork, but new research has found that on coral reefs at least, female cleaner fish are more cooperative with unfamiliar ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dating drought or purple patch? How males choose mates

(PhysOrg.com) -- Males decide how much effort they put into courtship and which females to court based on how many others they have recently encountered and how attractive they were, according to a new study into the mating ...

Biology / Evolution

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Females choose sexier friends to avoid harassment

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have observed a strategy for females to avoid unwanted male attention: choosing more attractive friends. Published today (7 December) in the journal Proceedings of the Royal So ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Fish weight-watchers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Telling your partner to watch her weight is not recommended-unless you're a male cleaner fish, reports a new study in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

When it comes to selecting a mate, the eyes have it: study

For the first time ever, scientists have found a difference in the way males and females of the same species of vertebrate see things – and that sexes likely use that difference to select their mates.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 13, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Playboy males live fast, die young

(PhysOrg.com) -- Promiscuous males are so intent on pursuing sexual partners that they can neglect even essential tasks such as eating, says a new study published in the Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 03, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Fish placenta is unfavourable survival strategy

Fish with a placenta struggle to adapt to rapid changes in the food supply. They probably evolved in a stable, food-rich environment. As ecosystems change under the influence of humans, they are experiencing greater difficulty ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Paternity of subordinates raises cooperative effort in cichlids

Cichlid male nannies help out, especially if they've been sneaking.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sexual harassment from males prevents female bonding, says study

(PhysOrg.com) -- The extent to which sexual harassment from males can damage relationships between females is revealed in a new study. Led by the Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour at the University of ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0