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NEWS ABOUT: mating

mating stories: 8 news summaries
SEEDY CRUSTACEANS

 Hooker Crabs 
 Swap Sex for Safety 

Male crabs rewarded with sex for defending neighbors

Nov 4, 09 4:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Selling sex is the key to survival in the seedy world of fiddler crabs, according to Australian researchers. Scientists studying the burrow-dwelling, highly territorial creatures found that male fiddler crabs fought off intruders to protect female neighbors—who lack the male's huge claw—far more often than they would aid... More »

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prostitution • Australia • animal behavior • crab • mating

 Pandas Haven't 
 Bounced Back 
 From China Quake 

Sichuan disaster presents lasting difficulties for breeders

May 8, 09 4:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - China’s efforts to save the giant panda from extinction haven’t recovered from last year’s earthquake in Sichuan province, AFP reports. The temblor swallowed up whole groves of bamboo, causing a food shortage just as breeding centers, whose efforts have caused a recent panda “baby boom,”... More »

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breeding • panda • earthquake • Sichuan province • Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Center • giant pandas • Chengdu • mating

 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

 Audio Stimulus Gets 
 Cheetahs to Mate 

Man-altered bioacoustics work as an aphrodisiac for cheetahs

Apr 2, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Man’s ingenuity has altered nature’s rhythms for the better at the San Diego Zoo, where an African cheetah cub was born after zookeepers helped her dad turn on her mom, the North Country Times reports. Park scientists used bioacoustics—human-altered animal sounds—to stimulate mating after they discovered... More »

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zoo • San Diego Zoo • scientific breakthroughs • mating • cheetah • bioacoustics

Panda Lovin' Leaves DC Zoo Wanting

Bears fail again at 'competent mating'; keepers help out

Jan 19, 09 8:40 AM CST
(Newser) - A romantic day in the park amid inaugural hubbub wasn’t enough to propagate the genes of two famous pandas at Washington’s National Zoo, the Washington Post reports. The pair had given mating calls, prompting hopes for the conception of a new member of the endangered species, which is... More »

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panda • Washington, DC • National Zoo • giant pandas • artificial insemination • mating • Tai Shan • Tian Tian • Mei Xiang

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

  Mating Antelope 
 Show Off Knees. 
 Seriously. 

Sound communicates animal's strength, prevents conflict

Nov 4, 08 1:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Doesn't sound all that sexy, but Africa’s male eland antelope has developed his own way of demonstrating its sexual prowess and warding off rivals. Males click their knees to establish mating rights and avoid brawls: the louder the click, the larger the animal, and the more likely he is... More »

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Africa • Kenya • sex • animal behavior • antelope • mating

Americans Seek Immune Genes in Mates: Study

Nigerians don't marry for DNA diversity, but may not need to

Sep 14, 08 7:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Americans pick mates with different immune genes while Africans prefer the genes they already have, New Scientist reports. A study of 60 couples from Utah and Nigeria showed that the Americans hitched up with partners whose genes recognized pathogens that theirs couldn't. The African marriages, however, appeared to be... More »

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evolution • Nigeria • Utah • genes • human • scientific study • mating • Yoruba

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