-
All posts with the tag "Scientific literature" are written by referring to the primary literature.
Category Archives: Sexual behavior
Update to duck penis science
Back in 2011, I posted a video about duck penis research. Sadly, that video is gone. But I replaced it with another showing how the duck penis can break through several types of materials in the shape of duck ladyparts. … Continue reading
The secret sex of cheese
Are you grossed out by blue cheese? (I’m not, but I know many who are). Does that blue-green marbling of delicious fungus kind of make you gag? Well, this little factoid probably won’t help: there may be sex going on … Continue reading
Posted in Evolution of sex, Sexual behavior
Tagged blue cheese, Fungal sex, MAT genes, Scientific literature, Sex in cheese
14 Comments
Fruit fly sex lives impact effectiveness of pest control strategies
Scientists in Australia have been hard at work watching fruit flies have sex. Why? To figure out how fly sex affects your food. It is a fact of life that the facts of life can cause problems, especially when fruit … Continue reading
The bird with the “worst reproductive strategy”
I saw this awesome blog post on i09 about a rare New Zealand bird species, the kakapo. They only mate in good food years (about 1 in 5 years) and have apparently no survival instinct or skills. Human intervention is bringing … Continue reading
Posted in Sexual behavior
Tagged bad reproductive strategies, bird, interspecies sex, kakapo
Leave a comment
Water bug sex!
Check out how giant water bugs have sex (and how the dads take care of the eggs) at TheDragonflyWoman.com!
