The energy invested in animal reproduction is as much as 10 times greater than previously estimated when the metabolic load of bearing and caring for offspring is accounted for, according to a new ...
Female turkeys could be running the roost for years to come. New research from the University of Georgia published in the ...
Genetic diversity is essential to the survival of a species. It's easy enough to maintain if a species reproduces sexually; an egg and a sperm combine genetic material from two creatures into one, ...
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More favourable conditions for raising young give rise to amphibians having larger offspring but smaller broods. It has been long been known that a trade-off exists between producing many, small ...
SEATTLE — A new study from the Center for Whale Research found that when female killer whales - orcas - have male offspring there are life-long consequences. The study, published in Current Biology on ...
Female turkeys could be running the roost for years to come.New research from the University of Georgia found that the gender ...
A University of Michigan-led study based on a review of genetic and health information from more than 276,000 people finds strong support for a decades-old evolutionary theory that sought to explain ...
(Beyond Pesticides, December 6, 2022) Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)—including banned pesticides—present a health risk to humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), according to a study published ...