News tagged with guppies
Evolution can occur in less than 10 years
Jun 11, 2009 |
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How fast can evolution take place? In just a few years, according to a new study on guppies led by UC Riverside's Swanne Gordon, a graduate student in biology.
When evolution is not so slow and gradual
Jun 02, 2009 |
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What's the secret to surviving during times of environmental change? Evolve…quickly.
Female guppies risk death to avoid sexual harassment
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Aug 06, 2008 |
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Sexual harassment from male guppies is so bad that long-suffering females will risk their lives to escape it, according to new research from Dr Safi Darden and Dr Darren Croft from Bangor University. Their work, which was ...
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Female Guppies Risk Their Lives To Avoid Too Much Male Attention
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May 15, 2006 |
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Sexual harassment is a burden that females of many species face, and some may go to extreme lengths to avoid it. In a new paper from the June issue of the American Naturalist, Darren Croft (University of Wales) and a research ...
Study discovers why guppies are colorful
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Jun 01, 2006 |
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U.S. scientists say they have discovered why male guppies, the most fertile member of the fish tank, are so colorful.
Do female guppies risk their lives to avoid sex?
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Jun 08, 2006 |
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Sexual harassment is burden that females of many species face, and some may go to extreme lengths to avoid it. In a paper published in The American Naturalist, Dr Darren Croft from the University of Wales, Bangor and a rese ...
Fish evolve a longer lifespan by evolving a longer period during which they reproduce
Jan 02, 2006 |
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A UC Riverside-led research team has found that as some populations of an organism evolve a longer lifespan, they do so by increasing only that segment of the lifespan that contributes to “fitness” – the relative ...
Sexual harassment from males prevents female bonding, says study
Apr 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The extent to which sexual harassment from males can damage relationships between females is revealed in a new study. Led by the Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour at the University of ...
Microscopic version of the CT scan reveals secrets of bone formation
Sep 29, 2008 |
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A new version of the computerized tomography (CT) scan, which revolutionized medical imaging during the last 25 years, is giving scientists precious new information about how Mother Nature forms shells, bones, ...
Duck-billed dinosaurs outgrew predators to survive
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 06, 2008 |
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With long limbs and a soft body, the duck-billed hadrosaur had few defenses against predators such as tyrannosaurs. But new research on the bones of this plant-eating dinosaur suggests that it had at least ...
For crickets, parasitic flies can stop the music
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Dec 13, 2006 |
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Love hurts — really bad, for some unlucky crickets, anyway. Male crickets draw not only females with their songs but also parasitic flies. The uninvited guests then deposit larvae that burrow into their amorous hosts, grow ...
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