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  Study Shows Reproductive Effects of Pesticide Exposure Span Generations

  April 22, 2013 — Researchers studying aquatic organisms called Daphnia have found that exposure to a chemical pesticide has impacts that span multiple generations -- causing the so-called "water fleas" to produce ... > full story
• Biology
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  Ecology Research
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  When It Comes to Survival of the Fittest, Stress Is a Good Thing, Squirrel Study Shows

  April 18, 2013 — Researchers have shown for the first time how females' use social cues to correctly prepare their offspring for life outside the nest. The results confirm that red squirrel mothers boosted stress ... > full story
• Birds
  Dinosaurs
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  Dinosaur Egg Study Supports Evolutionary Link Between Birds and Dinosaurs: How Troodon Likely Hatched Its Young

  April 18, 2013 — A small, bird-like North American dinosaur incubated its eggs in a similar way to brooding birds -- bolstering the evolutionary link between birds and dinosaurs, researchers have ... > full story
• Fertility
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
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  Mating and Breeding
  Human Biology
  Ovarian Cancer
   
  

  Reproductive Tract Secretions Elicit Ovulation

  April 17, 2013 — Eggs take a long time to produce in the ovary, and thus are one of a body's precious resources. It has been theorized that the body has mechanisms to help the ovary ensure that ovulated eggs enter ... > full story
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Mating and Breeding
  Behavioral Science
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  Love at First Sniff: Male Moths Go by First Impressions

  April 16, 2013 — Entomologists now have an explanation for why we see so many hybrid moths in nature. The team closely examined the behavior and the olfactory circuitry of male moths and found an answer in ... > full story
• Extreme Survival
  Wild Animals
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  Shifts in Physiological Mechanisms Let Male Bats Balance the Need to Feed and the Urge to Breed

  April 15, 2013 — New research reveals shifts in the mechanisms bats use to regulate metabolism throughout their seasonal activity ... > full story
• Gender Difference
  Relationships
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  Racial Issues
  Social Psychology
  Behavior
   

  In Sex, Happiness Hinges on Keeping Up With the Joneses

  April 15, 2013 — In sex, happiness hinges on keeping up with the Joneses, a new study finds. Sex apparently is like income: People are generally happy when they keep pace with the Joneses and they're even happier if ... > full story
• Birds
  Weather
  Climate
  Global Warming
  Nature
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  Blue Tits Provide Insight Into Climate Change, Bird Study Shows

  April 15, 2013 — Researchers believe that the size of birds’ nests created in response to changing weather patterns may be partly to blame for reproductive failures over the last two ... > full story
• Gender Difference
  Memory
  Anthropology
  Crystal Meth
  Racial Issues
  Disorders and Syndromes
   

  Abuse of Students Doing Anthropological Fieldwork

  April 13, 2013 — College athletes are not the only ones who sometimes suffer at the hands of higher ups. A new report brings to light a more hidden and pernicious problem -- the psychological, physical and sexual ... > full story
• Mating and Breeding
  Biology
  Behavioral Science
  Marine Biology
  Sea Life
  Genetics
   
  

  Disappearing Nannies Force Parents to Accept Their Duties

  April 12, 2013 — Large helpers (nannies) in a cichlid fish allow the dominant male and female to reduce their personal contribution to their offspring and territory, according to new ... > full story

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