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NEWS ABOUT: mating rituals

mating rituals stories: 6 news summaries

 Salamanders Get Help 
 Crossing the Road 

To mate! With some help from human friends

Apr 7, 09 3:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Salamanders are getting an assist this mating season from volunteers who shepherd them across dangerous highways, the AP reports. Hundreds try to cross between forests and vernal pools this time of year, and human escorts—also known as bucket brigades—have popped up along the East Coast to keep them... More »

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environment • volunteer • salamanders • biologists • amphibians • mating rituals • mating

Mating Calls Bare More
Than Desire

Courtship 'song' of desert creatures
conveys complex info

Jan 18, 09 4:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Like human songs, animal calls are said to spur courtship, but what exactly does each wail and snort signify? To find out, a pair of Tel Aviv zoologists studied the mating songs of furry little rock hyraxes in the Judean desert. The researchers found that male hyrax courtship "songs"... More »

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animal behavior • song • courtship • mating rituals • zoologists • mating • hyrax

(Newser) - Birds and bees get all the attention, but mosquitoes have some love moves all their own, scientists say. It seems that when a boy mosquito meets a girl and things turn romantic, their wings beat at precisely the same speed to create a sort of harmonic mating song, the BBC... More »

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mosquito • insects • mating rituals

OPINION

 Sundance
 Abuzz With
 Bug Porn 

Rossellini stars in Sundance Channel's take on mating practices of bugs

May 11, 08 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - For those unclear about the birds and the bees (the actual ones), the Sundance Channel is screening “green porno videos” on its website, reports Mother Jones blogger Jen Phillips. The series features Isabella Rossellini, breaking out of her usual indie cocoon, carrying out the mating rituals of the snail,... More »

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pornography • sex education • insects • green • mating rituals • Isabella Rossellini • The Sundance Channel

 Kinky Octopus Sex
 Startles Scientists 
 

Aquariums apparently don't put them in the mood

Apr 2, 08 11:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Octopuses are sexier in the wild than in the aquarium, report stunned researchers who snorkeled among the frisky cephalopods for several weeks in Indonesia. Some Abdopus aculeatus males employ deceit, mimicking females with their changeable colors and sneaking up on them from the reef bottom. Others jealously guard their mates,... More »

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sex • mating rituals • animal • octopus

Monkeys Swap Grooming for Sex

Male macaques groom for longer when fewer females are around

Jan 5, 08 9:12 PM CST
(Newser) - What price for a little lovin'? Male macaque monkeys pay for sex by grooming females, but only as much as necessary: They groom for longer when fewer females are around, and for less time when there are more, according to a new study. "In primate societies, grooming is the... More »

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sex • monkey • commodities • macaque • biological markets • grooming • mating rituals

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