Save
Email
Print
Share
RSSBrowse News Stories
151 to 160 of 2,936 stories
view headlines only
-
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 -
New Study Sheds Light on Dinosaur Size
December 19, 2012 — Dinosaurs were not only the largest animals to roam the Earth -- they also had a greater number of larger species compared to all other back-boned animals -- scientists suggest in a new ... > full story -
Birdsong Bluster May Dupe Strange Females, but It Won't Fool Partners
December 18, 2012 — Male birds use their song to dupe females they have just met by pretending they are in excellent physical condition. Just as some men try to cast themselves in a better light when they approach ... > full story -
Survival of the Females: Horse Embryo Study Provides Important New Information
December 18, 2012 — It is well known that many mammals are able to adjust the ratio of male and female young depending on the surrounding conditions at the time of conception. A recent study provides important ... > full story -
Plant Sniffs out Danger to Prepare Defenses Against Pesky Insect
December 17, 2012 — A plant may start to prime its defenses as soon as it gets a whiff of a male fly searching for a mate, according to ... > full story -
Genetic Defect in Sex Cells May Predispose to Childhood Leukemia
December 17, 2012 — Researchers have found a possible heredity mechanism that predisposes children to acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), the most common type of blood cancer in children. The presence of a genetic ... > full story -
Injured Coral? Expect Less Sex
December 17, 2012 — Researchers have found that damaged coral colonies can take years to recover their reproductive prowess. Coral colonies that suffered tissue damage in the Bahamas were still producing low numbers of ... > full story -
Resistance to Cocaine Addiction May Be Passed Down from Father to Son
December 16, 2012 — New research reveals that sons of male rats exposed to cocaine are resistant to the rewarding effects of the drug, suggesting that cocaine-induced changes in physiology are passed down from father to ... > full story -
Male Bushcrickets Are in Charge When It Comes to Sex
December 14, 2012 — All a question of timing: When bushcrickets mate, the male attaches a sticky package, the so-called spermatophore, to the female's abdomen. Alongside the sperm themselves, this 'bridal present' ... > full story -
Pheromone Helps Mice Remember Where to Find a Mate
December 13, 2012 — Scientists have found that male mice produce a pheromone that provokes females and competitor males to remember a preference for the place where the pheromone was previously encountered. The research ... > full story
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 137,427
more 
