Female birds age more slowly and live longer when they have help raising their offspring, according to new research from the University of Sheffield.
Plants & Animals
Mar 21, 2019
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A unique study from Lund University in Sweden has discovered for the first time that there is a genetic sexual conflict in the immune system in animals. In females, the variation in central genes of the immune system is too ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 3, 2018
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Animals who share the task of parenting do a better job than parents who do so on their own, according to a study of insects.
Plants & Animals
Aug 1, 2018
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Animals that carry a physical impediment can work harder to rear their young as a result, a study of insects has shown.
Evolution
Mar 22, 2018
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Cooperatively breeding birds and fish may have evolved the adaptive ability to reduce the size of their eggs when helpers are available to lighten the parental load, a new study suggests. The findings indicate that in some ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 23, 2017
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(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from Canada, Japan and the U.S. has found that social skills in capuchin monkey mothers plays a role in the survivability of her offspring. In their paper published in Proceedings ...
There is new evidence that the "mother's curse" - the possibility that moms may transmit genes to their children that harm their sons but not their daughters - holds true in animals.
Biotechnology
Aug 2, 2016
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Female beetles that are seasoned fighters put more effort into raising their offspring than mothers with no conflict experience, a study suggests.
Plants & Animals
Jun 21, 2016
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Female mammals, including humans, may try to outcompete one another by producing bigger babies, ground-breaking research conducted by scientists at the University of Exeter has suggested.
Evolution
Feb 1, 2016
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Male fruit flies could find their chances of fathering offspring radically reduced if they are last in the queue to mate with promiscuous females before winter arrives, according to new University of Liverpool research.
Plants & Animals
Nov 24, 2015
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