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Role of Pheromones in Humans
Verywell Health via Yahoo Sports· 1 year agoPheromones are bodily chemicals that communicate signals between members of the same animal species. Pheromones can alert animals to behaviors like...
Amazing Photos Of The World’s “Ugliest” Animals
Honest to Paws via AOL· 2 months agoBeauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but certain animals really do put that theory to the test. Nature is home to many peculiar-looking creatures...
Evolution by Natural Selection: Examples and Effects of Adaptation
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA hummingbird's long bill and tongue evolved to let the bird reach deep into a flower for nectar....
A new evolutionary theory could explain the mystery of shrinking animals
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCope's Rule, a classic evolutionary theory, states that animals tend to grow larger through...
Sex is more important than sleep for these marsupials
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThis photograph shows a male dusky antechinus in a naturalistic enclosure located in Cape Otway,...
Animal virgin births — what are they and why they happen
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIf you hadn’t heard by now, a stingray in North Carolina turned out to be pregnant, a shock to her...
How male tobacco budworm moths found their perfect cologne
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 10 months agoMoths like the tobacco budworm use pheromone signaling to find mates. Many plants and animals will...
‘The Well-Connected Animal’ Review: Social Creatures
The Wall Street Journal· 2 weeks agoLots of animals already do, writes Lee Alan Dugatkin, a professor of biology at the University of Louisville. Mr. Dugatkin’s “The Well-Connected Animal”...
New Discovery Challenges Everything We Thought We Knew About Giraffe Necks
ScienceAlert via Yahoo News· 1 day agoGiraffe ancestors had shorter necks. Why that changed so drastically over their evolution has...
Female Taricha newts are more poisonous than males
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCalifornia newts are endemic to California. They live through the coast and coast range mountains from Mendocino County to San Diego County. The newts of...