Mating and Breeding News

Posted June 27, 2009:

• Can't Compete On Dung? Try Mating On Apple Pomace

Posted June 26, 2009:

• Protein That Protects Sperm, Reduces Miscarriage Rates Identified

Posted June 25, 2009:

• Males Of High Genetic Quality Are Not Very Successful At Fertilizing Eggs

Posted June 23, 2009:

• Study On Papua New Guinea's Long-beaked Echidna Reveals Elusive Habits

Posted June 22, 2009:

• Male Flies: Not The World's Most Sensitive Lovers
• Boy Or Girl? In Lizards, Egg Size Matters

Posted June 19, 2009:

• Mate Selection: Honesty In Advertising Pays Off
• Size Did Matter: Evidence Of Giant Sperm Found In Microfossils

Posted June 18, 2009:

• Hunters Are Depleting Lion And Cougar Populations, Study Finds
• Not One, But Two Kinds Of Males Found In Invasive Round Goby Fish

Posted June 17, 2009:

• Same-sex Behavior Seen In Nearly All Animals, Review Finds

Posted June 13, 2009:

• Jumping Genes Discovery Challenges Current Assumptions
• Hatchery Fish May Hurt Efforts To Sustain Wild Salmon Runs

Posted June 11, 2009:

• Female Water Striders Expose Their Genitalia Only After Males 'Sing'
• Dangerous Liaisons: Bacterial 'Sex' Causes Antibiotic Resistance

Posted June 10, 2009:

• Cloned Crops Closer To Being Realized
• Long-standing Mystery Of How Plants Make Eggs Solved

Posted June 9, 2009:

• Animal Mating Choices More Complex Than Once Thought

Posted June 5, 2009:

• Different Genes Cause Loss Of Body Parts -- Pelvis And Body Armor -- In Similar Fish

Posted June 4, 2009:

• When Hosts Go Extinct, What Happens To Their Parasites?

Posted June 3, 2009:

• Trading Energy For Safety, Bees Extend Legs To Stay Stable In Wind

Posted June 2, 2009:

• Scientists Map Penguins From Space By Locating Their Feces

Posted May 30, 2009:

• Fallow Deer Become Hoarse In The Hunt For A Mate

Posted May 26, 2009:

• Spanish Lynx Reproduction Cycle Determined By Analysis Of Their Feces
• Beetles To Be Used To Show Consequences Of Inbreeding

Posted May 25, 2009:

• Yeast Missing Sex Genes Undergo Unexpected Sexual Reproduction

Posted May 23, 2009:

• Is Poisonous Pollen Enough To Put Bees Off Their Dinner?
• Helpful Fish: Cooperative Cichlids Boost Their Own Reproductive Success

Posted May 20, 2009:

• How Crabs That Live In Hydrothermal Vents Reproduce

Posted May 18, 2009:

• New Red Alga Discovered In Mediterranean Sea
• World's Largest Leatherback Turtle Population Found

Posted May 17, 2009:

• Strange Bird Gets Private Beach In Indonesia

Posted May 16, 2009:

• Sex Life Of Plants Reveals Conflicts Between The Sexes

Posted May 13, 2009:

• Trauma Experienced By A Mother Even Before Pregnancy Will Influence Her Offspring's Behavior
• Insect Gene Expression Responds To Diet

Posted May 10, 2009:

• Mothers Give Interloper's Offspring A Head Start In Life

Posted May 1, 2009:

• Why Fertilization Results In Loss Of Plant Biodiversity

Posted April 29, 2009:

• Remembrance Of Things Past Influences How Female Field Crickets Select Mates

Posted April 25, 2009:

• The Story Of X: Evolution Of A Sex Chromosome

Posted April 24, 2009:

• Salmonella Strain's Path To Virulence Uncovered

Posted April 22, 2009:

• Sexual Harassment From Males Prevents Female Bonding, Fish Study Shows

Posted April 21, 2009:

• Humanized Mouse Infected With HIV Vaginally And Rectally Allows Testing

Posted April 15, 2009:

• Solving The Mystery Of What Puts Sperm 'In The Mood'
• Born To Be Caught: Largemouth Bass Vulnerability To Being Caught By Anglers Is A Heritable Trait

Posted April 13, 2009:

• Deadly Parasite's Rare Sexual Dalliances May Help Scientists Neutralize It

Posted April 12, 2009:

• Homebody Queen Ants Help Preserve Family Ties In Large Populations

Posted April 10, 2009:

• Small RNAs Can Play Critical Roles In Male Infertility, Contraception

Posted April 8, 2009:

• Studies Of Hyena Skull Development Put Teeth Into New Female Dominance Theory

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