Study brings greater clarity to sex roles
Glossy magazines and TV reality shows often portray males as the gender that strays and females as the gender that's picky.
Plants & Animals
Apr 15, 2014
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News tagged with mating success
Mating success follows duet dancing in the Java sparrow
Java sparrows are more likely to mate after dancing together, according to a study from Hokkaido University, contradictory to the belief that songs are the primary sexual signal.
Plants & Animals
Apr 17, 2017
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Mating rivalry among furred and feathered: Variety is spice of life
Birds do it. Bees do it. Fish, lobsters, frogs and lizards do it, too. But when it comes to securing a mate in the animal world, variety is literally the spice of life.
Plants & Animals
May 25, 2011
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Birds choose sweet-smelling mates
For most animals, scent is the instant messenger of choice for quickly exchanging personal profiles. Scientists, however, have long dismissed birds as odor-eschewing luddites that don't take advantage of scent-based communications.
Plants & Animals
Sep 3, 2013
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Mate-guarding behaviour favours a familiar face
Okayama University researchers confirm the role of mate-guarding in males for blocking the female's visual familiarity with rival males to improve mating success in a medaka fish model.
Plants & Animals
Nov 21, 2016
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These male marsupials forgo sleep for sex during the breeding season
All animals need sleep. When humans or animals don't get enough, it can lead to trouble paying attention, irritability, and other ill effects. And yet, researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology have made the surprising ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 25, 2024
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