News articles tagged with 'male'
Face time with a female aids males bent on monkey business
— 6 Apr 2011 17:49 | BiologyMale monkeys looking for a good time might benefit from spending a bit longer getting to know a potential mate, according to a new study published online in the scientific journal Proceedings…
When food is scarce, hungry female spiders alter mating preferences
— 2 Apr 2011 10:55 | BiologyNew research from the University of Cincinnati provides food for thought. The research examined how short-term and long-term hunger affected mate selection and aggression in female…
The impact of sex selection and abortion in China, India and South Korea
— 14 Mar 2011 20:21 | HealthIn the next 20 years in large parts of China and India, there will be a 10% to 20% excess of young men because of sex selection and this imbalance will have societal repercussions,…
Thrill-seeking females work hard for their next fix
— 11 Mar 2011 15:13 | BiologyIt seems that women become addicted to cocaine more easily than men and find it harder to give up. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Biology of Sex Differences…
Mating mites trapped in amber reveal sex role reversal
— 1 Mar 2011 17:48 | BiologyIn the mating game, some female mites are mightier than their mates, new research at the University of Michigan and the Russian Academy of Sciences suggests. The evidence comes, in…
Mean girls and queen bees: Females threatened by social exclusion will reject others first
— 24 Feb 2011 19:32 | BiologyMany studies have suggested that males tend to be more physically and verbally aggressive than females. According to a new study, to be published in Psychological Science, a journal…
Polygamy hurt 19th century Mormon wives' evolutionary fitness
— 22 Feb 2011 23:27 | HealthPolygamy practised by some 19th century Mormon men had the curious effect of suppressing the overall offspring numbers of Mormon women in plural marriages, say scientists from Indiana…
Male fertility is in the bones
— 18 Feb 2011 16:50 | HealthResearchers have found an altogether unexpected connection between a hormone produced in bone and male fertility. The study in the February 18th issue of Cell, a Cell Press publication,…
When nature calls
— 11 Feb 2011 16:51 | BiologyWhen you've got to go, you've got to go - upstream, that is, if you are a male swordtail fish seeking a mate, according to research from Texas A and M University…
Squid pheromone sparks extreme aggression on contact
— 11 Feb 2011 16:30 | BiologyWhen male squid come into contact with a chemical found on the outside of eggs laid by females, they instantly go from swimming along calmly and minding their own business to a state…