The secret sex lives of stick insects
Massey University researchers have discovered more about the sexual lives of stick insects in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
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Belligerent beetles show that fighting for mates could help animals survive habitat loss
Animals around the world are seeing their environments change. Climate change is causing heating and changes to weather patterns, the oceans are becoming more acidic, and previously undisturbed habitats are being altered ...
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Jul 30, 2019
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How to restore a coral reef
New guidelines drafted by a consortium of concerned experts could enable corals to adapt to changing environments and help restore declining coral populations in the Caribbean. The guidelines provide a definitive plan for ...
Environment
Jul 24, 2019
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Endangered rays may have unknown birthing zone in Mexican waters
The discovery of dozens of pregnant giant devil rays accidentally caught in fishing nets in a village along Mexico's northern Gulf of California could mean the endangered species has a previously unknown birthing zone in ...
Ecology
Apr 23, 2019
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Features that make lizards sexy are resilient to stress
Physical traits and behaviors that make a lizard sexy—features used to attract potential mates and fend off competitors—may be important enough that they do not change in the face of stress. A new study by researchers ...
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Apr 17, 2019
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A mating war in diving beetles has stopped the evolution of species
In nature, male attempts to mate with females can be so extreme that they can harm the females. Such negative impacts of mating interactions have been suggested to promote the emergence of new species under some circumstances. ...
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Mar 21, 2019
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Harassing females lowers reproduction rates and reduces population size
Males and females mate to produce offspring, but their relationships are not always cooperative. The conflict between the sexes when they behave selfishly can be negative for the whole group. A group of Japanese researchers ...
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Oct 5, 2018
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African killifish becomes fastest maturing vertebrate on record
Annual killifish are known to live their lives at one of two speeds: "pause" or "fast-forward." For most of the year, the tiny freshwater fish persist as diapausing embryos buried in sediments across the African savannah, ...
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Aug 6, 2018
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Genes don't always dictate that 'boys will be boys'
As an evolutionary biologist focusing on animal behaviour, I'm sometimes asked what relevance our research has for human behaviour. Years ago, I would duck the question because it was such a passionately polarising, political ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 9, 2017
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With most of the same genes, how do lizard siblings end up so different?
The brown anole, a prolific lizard native to Cuba and the Bahamas and now commonly found in many tropical and subtropical regions, is providing new clues to how genetics and hormones work together to shape the development ...
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