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It's time to stop assuming that standard gender differences in birds come from males getting bigger rather than from females getting smaller. (p. 183)Published: March 24th, 2001; Vol.159 #12Found in: Biology -
The chemical screams for help that scientists have detected from agricultural plants under attack by pests in lab settings have now been heard in the wild. (p. 166)Published: March 17th, 2001; Vol.159 #11Found in: Biology -
Orchids that can smell so alluring that bees try to mate with them can also smell repulsive to the insects. (p. 174)Published: March 17th, 2001; Vol.159 #11Found in: Biology -
Even after 70 generations in captivity, caged American mink still seem to miss the swimming they would do in the wild. (p. 174)Published: March 17th, 2001; Vol.159 #11Found in: Biology
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The size of the swellings on a female baboons rump match her physical prowess for motherhood, a rare case of reproductive-quality advertisement in females. (p. 151)Published: March 10th, 2001; Vol.159 #10Found in: Biology
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Males of a ferretlike marsupial called a quoll die off after one mating season-unusual behavior that suggests the need for new theories of why such deaths occur after mating. (p. 143)Published: March 3rd, 2001; Vol.159 #9Found in: Biology
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An Australian expedition locates three females of a big, flightless stick insect species thought to have gone extinct. (p. 143)Published: March 3rd, 2001; Vol.159 #9Found in: Biology -
Male Tanzanian cockroaches lose fights if they have too much of a particular pheromone, but females find it alluring. (p. 135)Published: March 3rd, 2001; Vol.159 #9Found in: Biology -
Merely walking up to a plant and handling its leaves may skew outcomes in studies of predators attacking plants. (p. 119)Published: February 24th, 2001; Vol.159 #8Found in: Biology -
A herd of feral cattle that hasn't had new blood for at least 300 years seems to have avoided the genetic risks of inbreeding. (p. 95)Published: February 10th, 2001; Vol.159 #6Found in: Biology
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Genetic analysis suggests an unusual history for modern horses: lots of independent domestications instead of the usual few. (p. 95)Published: February 10th, 2001; Vol.159 #6Found in: Biology
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The first cloned gaur, a rare, Asian oxlike creature, died when only a few days old but proved the technique worked. (p. 95)Published: February 10th, 2001; Vol.159 #6Found in: Biology -
Two tiny wasp species provide the best evidence yet that infection by Wolbachia bacteria can play a role in forming species. (p. 85)Published: February 10th, 2001; Vol.159 #6Found in: Biology -
A carnivorous plant called a bladderwort may not be a fierce predator at all but a misunderstood mutualist. (p. 69)Published: February 3rd, 2001; Vol.159 #5Found in: Botany -
Physiologists say they have demonstrated for the first time that dead xylem cells in plant plumbing can control water speed. (p. 53)Published: January 27th, 2001; Vol.159 #4Found in: Botany
