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• Why Do Animals, Especially Males, Have So Many Different Colors?

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 519
  This male Hetaerina damselfly from the occisa species has red spots at the base and tip of its wings but no black pigmentation.Why do so many animal species — including fish, birds and insects — display such rich diversity in coloration and other traits? In new research, Gregory Grether, UCLA professor of ecology ...
  15 hours ago

• Curvy Women Smarter?

  
  Here There and Everywhere — Authority: 135
  Not everyone agrees with the conclusions found by a recent US study discussed on BCC News Health but for those of us who are curve endowed, it gives some hope . . . Curvy women may be a clever bet Women with curvy figures are likely to be brighter than waif-like counterparts and may well produce more ...
  19 hours ago

• What Head (and Other) Lice Tell Us About Evolution

  
  Discoblog — Authority: 571
  The second episode of NOVA’s big evolution special “ Becoming Human ” premieres tomorrow night at 8 PM ET/PT on PBS.  Tuesday night’s show focuses on Homo erectus , the ancestor who became “basically us” almost 2 million years ago, developing the first human societies. Much of what we know about Homo ...
  1 day ago

• Fellowship of the Whales: Video: Humpback Males Fight

  
  learning.now — Authority: 673
  Humpback whales congregate in the waters off Hawaii not only to give birth, but also to mate. This female humpback releases pheromones into the water, indicating that she’s ready to mate. A fight soon breaks out among the humpback bulls that are vying to be her escort.
  1 day ago

• I’m Sick Of Following My Dreams. I’ll Just Ask Them Where They’re Going And Hook Up With Them Later

  
  Stiletto Diaries — Authority: 114
  It’s been five days since Aiden fastened that lovely steel collar around my neck, in a sort of impromptu exchange that only involved the two of us.  Earlier in the day we went over together and finalized our contract.  We also went over and agreed upon the rules (some of them were a little harder to ‘agree ...
  1 day ago

• Hormone That Affects Finger Length Key To Social Behavior

  
  Impact Lab — Authority: 519
  White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) checking its nailsResearch at the universities of Liverpool and Oxford into the finger length of primate species has revealed that cooperative behavior is linked to exposure to hormone levels in the womb.The hormones, called androgens, are important in the development of ...
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• The Sluttiest Species in the Animal Kingdom

  
  Asylum — Authority: 732
  Filed under: Sex , Animals , Weird Science , Weird Stuff People who research the love lives of alligators recently discovered the big reptiles tend to be faithful partners, in direct contrast to what is generally known about the sorts of people who would, say, go to a bar wearing alligator pants or some ... ...
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• Gay Relationships: What Makes a Man Sexy?

  
  GAYTWOGETHER — Authority: 143
  Our culture values sexiness very highly.  But what is sexiness?   A visitor from another planet who looked at our advertising might think it was something you get from purchasing products like cars, colognes or cognac. Everyone wants it, but it is hard to define.  What makes a man sexy?  The sexiness we’re ...
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• “The Score: How the Quest for Sex Shaped the Modern Man”

  
  Science Cheerleader — Authority: 130
  Meet Faye Flam, a talented journalist and media personality who makes science sexy AND makes sex “sciencey”. We have much in common though she actually has a degree in science (Physics, CalTech), she’s an amateur circus acrobat, and she’s a much stronger writer than I am (or is it “than me”?). I met Faye ...
  1 day ago

• Juvenile Spotted Doves in play mating

  
  Bird Ecology Study Group — Authority: 132
  On 5th September 2009, Kwong Wai Chong encountered a pair of juvenile Peaceful Doves (Geopelia striata), also known as Zebra Doves (above left). One dove was mounting the other, probably its sibling (above right).“I had discovered one of the birds and was capturing its image when it suddenly flew away to another ...
  2 days ago

• Peacock Spider

  
  Neatorama — Authority: 790
  Photo: Jurgen Otto This is a kind of jumping spider, and it’s only about 5mm in size.  The males have a colorful pattern on flaps that extend from their abdomen during breeding/mating.  In addition to this, they raise their back pair of legs and dance from side to side to win over their plain brown females. ...
  5 days ago

• Gay Relationships: Living Your Life With Passion

  
  GAYTWOGETHER — Authority: 143
  Human beings crave experiences that take us beyond our everyday routines. If we want more out of life, we will want to look at patterns that are holding us back right now.   We need to go beyond the ordinary from time to time and get caught up in something that feels bigger than we are. Getting beyond our sense of ...
  5 days ago

• Female Fiddler Crabs Are Natures Biggest Tramps

  
  Lemondrop.com — Authority: 701
  Filed under: Animals! , Weird News , Strange Love Much like the women of "Melrose Place," the female fiddler crab likes to have sex with all of her neighbors. At first researchers werent sure whether the fiddler crabs unusual habit of doing it with her neighbors above ground (crabs typically ... Read more   ...
  5 days ago

• Blending Out

  
  Tinted Lenses — Authority: 98
  Faithful readers will note that I have had occasional skirmishes with some of our resident evolutionary psychologists. Although there is room for disagreement about theoretical specifics, modern psychology can ignore evolutionary theory only at its own peril: human behaviour is clearly a partial product of our ...
  6 days ago

• Baby Echidnas at Perth Zoo

  
  Cooler Choice — Authority: 161
  Photo: Lincoln Baker Two puggles, or baby echidnas, have made their first public appearance at the Perth Zoo in Australia today. The babies’ names are Moa and Kain. Echidnas have proven difficult to breed in zoos with only 13 echidnas ever born in captivity in Australia. Zoo keepers have learned that precise ...
  6 days ago

• 13 Love Stories - Lawrence & Julian - Video - Remarkable #Gay Parents

  
  GAYTWOGETHER — Authority: 143
  "The day our sons adoption became finalized  was the greatest day of our lives together."   The UCLA Art | Global Health Center presents an important and timely photography and video project entitled 13 Love Stories, directed by Gideon Mendel. The overarching goal is to raise social and public awareness about the ...
  6 days ago

• adding sex to your to-do list is a don’t

  
  Stephanie Klein's Greek Tragedy — Authority: 126
  W hen the producers of the Rachael Ray show phoned, they wanted to know how I felt about scheduling sex. My first response, "Sure… with whom?" But the truth is, I wouldn’t schedule sex with anyone. I get that sex deserves top billing in your life, right up there with composing your Thanksgiving menu, but the rush ...
  1 week ago

• Same Girl

  
  Deep Sea News — Authority: 472
  Yo Ush, What up Kels Wanna introduce you to this girl, think I really love this girl, Yeah? Man she so fine, Straight up dawg? She stand about 5’4” coke cola red bone, Damn She drives a black Durango license plate say “Angel” tattoo on her ankle, Plus she’s making pay so she got a crib [...]
  1 week ago

• No Roads Less Traveled Than The One We’re On

  
  Stiletto Diaries — Authority: 114
  I’ve hinted and mentioned here and there that Aiden and I have a certain amount of D/s in our relationship.  For those of you who are maybe not familiar with the finer points of kink relationship dynamics, D/s refers to Domination and submission.  One person in the relationship is the Dominant, and the other is ...
  1 week ago

• So You Think You Can Dance: Spider Edition

  
  Discoblog — Authority: 571
  If you thought going to the club was bad, imagine having to dance in front of potential mates for over an hour and a half, lest they will eat you. Male Australian redback spiders , members of the black widow family, pay the ultimate price if their mating dance doesn’t impress. Here’s how it works, via ...
  1 week ago

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