Male songbirds can't survive on good looks alone, says a new study
Brightly coloured male songbirds not only have to attract the female's eye, but also make sure their sperm can last the distance, according to new research.
Brightly coloured male songbirds not only have to attract the female's eye, but also make sure their sperm can last the distance, according to new research.
Plants & Animals
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Pavitra Muralidhar, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, has developed a theory to explain why females of some species are more attracted to some males who have a ...
The White-browed Shortwing (Brachypteryx montana) has been considered to be a single species distributed from the central Himalayas to the southeast Chinese mainland and the island of Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia. ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 26, 2018
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(Phys.org) —Research published today looks at the evolutionary pathways to differences in bird plumage patterns between males and females – and concludes that birds are able to adapt their appearance with remarkable ease.
Evolution
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