| Don't pair up with matching genes They say opposites attract – and a couple’s differences may truly be key to lasting happiness, a new genetic study suggests pheedo.com |
Love is the drug for male finches Some people get their kicks from drugs and alcohol, but male birds seem to get equally high while serenading a mate feeds.newscientist.com |
Has the mystery of sex been explained at last? Biologists have long struggled to explain why most creatures reproduce sexually when they could just clone themselves – now at last it's becoming clear not only why sex evolved, but when feeds.newscientist.com |
Zoologger: The world's most promiscuous… snail Next time you go to the beach, try to find a rough periwinkle giving birth – she may be carrying the offspring of more than 20 males feeds.newscientist.com |
How female wallabies boost their males' testosterone It's the presence of fertile females – not the season – that sends testosterone in male tammar wallabies shooting up feeds.newscientist.com |