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Orchid Adding Bird Perch for Crossing Ensures Reproduction
January 8, 2013 — Chinese researchers have solved the mystery of the function of sheaths in flowering orchids. In a new paper, the team found the perch to be essential to orchid ... > full story -
Molds Are Able to Reproduce Sexually: Researchers Grow Penicillin-Producing Fungi With New Properties
January 8, 2013 — For over 100 years, it was assumed that the penicillin-producing mold fungus, Penicillium chrysogenum, only reproduced asexually through spores. Biologists have now shown for the first time that the ... > full story -
An Embryo That Is Neither Male nor Female: Impact of Three Unexpected Sex Determination Factors Analyzed
January 3, 2013 — Is it a girl or a boy? This is the first question parents ask at the birth of an infant. Though the answer is obvious, the mechanism of sex determination is much less so. Researchers attempt to shed ... > full story -
Bisexual Men on the 'Down Low' Run Risk for Poor Mental Health
January 2, 2013 — Bisexual men are less likely to disclose their sexual orientation than gay men. In the first study to look at the mental health of this population, researchers found that greater concealment of ... > full story -
A New Fish Species from Lake Victoria Named in Honor of the Author of Darwin's Dreampond
January 2, 2013 — A newly described cichlid species from Lake Victoria is named in honor of Tijs Goldschmidt, author of the book Darwin's Dreampond. The species was discovered by him and colleagues in 1985. It is ... > full story -
Birdsong Study Pecks Theory That Music Is Uniquely Human
December 27, 2012 — A bird listening to birdsong may experience some of the same emotions as a human listening to music, suggests a new study on white-throated sparrows. The new study found that the same neural reward ... > full story -
Two New Species of Orchid Found in Cuba
December 27, 2012 — Researchers have discovered two new species of Caribbean orchid. The Caribbean islands have been natural laboratories and a source of inspiration for biologists for over two centuries now. Suffice to ... > full story -
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Bumblebees Do Best Where There Is Less Pavement and More Floral Diversity
December 26, 2012 — Landscapes with large amounts of paved roads and impervious construction have lower numbers of ground-nesting bumblebees, which are important native pollinators, a new study ... > full story -
Peacock Love Songs Lure Eavesdropping Females from Afar
December 20, 2012 — The distinctive call that male peacocks make right before mating poses a puzzle for scientists. For one, he's already got the girl. What's more, the calls could alert potential predators that an easy ... > full story -
Multi-Tasking Whales Sing While Feeding, Not Just Breeding
December 19, 2012 — Humpback whales are famed for their songs, most often heard in breeding season when males are competing to mate with females. In recent years, however, reports of whale songs occurring outside ... > full story
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