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Bumblebees Get by With a Little Help from Their Honeybee Rivals
Bumblebees can use cues from
their rivals the honeybees
to learn where the best food
resources are, according to
new research. In a new
study, researchers trained a
... > full story
The Power of Estrogen: Male Snakes Attract Other Males
A new study has shown that
boosting the estrogen levels
of male garter snakes causes
them to secrete the same
pheromones that females use
to attract suitors, and
... > full story
Not the Black Sheep of Domestic Animals: Unprecedented in-Depth View of the Genetic History of Sheep
Mapping the ancestry of
sheep over the past 11,000
years has revealed that our
woolly friends are stars
among domestic animals,
... > full story
Scared of a Younger Rival? Not for Some Male Songbirds
When mature male
white-crowned sparrows duel
to win a mate or a nesting
territory, a young bird just
doesn’t get much
respect. ... > full story
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A Bug's (Sex) Life: Diving Beetles Offer Unexpected Clues About Sexual Selection
February 6, 2012 — Studies of diving beetles suggest sperm evolution may be driven by changes in female reproductive organs, challenging the paradigm of post-mating sexual selection being driven mostly by competition ... > full story -
Fossil Cricket Reveals Jurassic Love Song
February 6, 2012 — The love song of an extinct cricket that lived 165 million years ago has been brought back to life by scientists. The song – possibly the most ancient known musical song documented to date ... > full story -
Genetic Information Migrates from Plant to Plant
February 1, 2012 — To generate phylogenetic trees and investigate relationships between organisms, scientists usually look for similarities and differences in the DNA. Plant scientists were confounded by the fact that ... > full story -
Tiny Crooners: Male House Mice Sing Songs to Impress the Girls
January 26, 2012 — It comes as a surprise to many that male house mice produce melodious songs to attract mates. Unfortunately for us, because the melodies are in the ultra-sonic range human ears cannot detect ... > full story -
Turtles' Mating Habits Protect Against Effects of Climate Change
January 24, 2012 — The mating habits of marine turtles may help to protect them against the effects of climate change. The study shows how the mating patterns of a population of endangered green turtles may be helping ... > full story -
Ancient Dinosaur Nursery: Oldest Nesting Site Yet Found
January 23, 2012 — An excavation at a site in South Africa has unearthed the 190-million-year-old dinosaur nesting site of the prosauropod dinosaur Massospondylus -- revealing significant clues about the evolution of ... > full storyMore: -
Bonobos' Unusual Success Story
January 23, 2012 — Bonobos are among the closest living relatives of humans. Like other great apes they live in groups made up of several males and females. Unlike other ape species however, male bonobos do not, in ... > full story -
'Rules' May Govern Genome Evolution in Young Plant Species
January 19, 2012 — A new study shows a hybrid plant species may experience rapid genome evolution in predictable patterns, meaning evolution repeats itself in populations of independent ... > full story -
World's Smallest Vertebrate: Tiny Frogs Discovered in New Guinea
January 11, 2012 — Biologists just discovered two new species of frogs in New Guinea, one of which is now the world's tiniest known vertebrate, averaging only 7.7 millimeters in size -- less than one-third of an inch. ... > full story -
Predators Hunt for a Balanced Diet
January 10, 2012 — Predators select their prey in order to eat a nutritionally balanced diet and give themselves the best chance of producing healthy offspring. A new study shows for the first time that predatory ... > full story
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