The lizard kings

Article Abstract:

The the population frequency of the male Uta stansburiana side-blotched lizard is determined by a six-year cycle during which males with various throat colors predominate. Orange-throated males dominate blue-throated males, which dominate yellow-striped throats, which dominate orange-throats.

Research, Sexual selection in animals, Sexual selection (Natural selection), Lizards, Animal morphology, Color of reptiles

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Feathers, flight and faith

Article Abstract:

An article in 'Nature' magazine featured the discovery of a 120-million year-old feather that carries fossilized eggs of mites. Meanwhile, the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' has reported about the Cheirogenesia mayflies that refused to use their wings to conserve energy.

Reports, Fossils, May-flies, Mayflies, Eggs, Fossil, Fossil eggs

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It's all happening at the zoo(logy meeting)

Article Abstract:

Research findings announced at the annual zoology conference covered the waving behavior of fiddler crabs. A theme that dominated the conference was the energetic costs of locomotion in animals. Cockroaches were used in these studies.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Zoologists, American Society of Zoologists

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