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May 15th, 2008 at 4:45 pm

Update: Central Park Hawks Fail to Hatch Eggs; Queens Hawks Succeed

So far we’ve only brought you bad news about the state of New York’s urban hawks. But today we’re pleased to report (h/t Urban Hawks - with pics) that raptor watchers have spotted two new chicks in the Astoria/Triborough Bridge hawk nest.

Nature

April 10th, 2008 at 12:58 pm

Evolution Favors Promiscuity

Of the 4,000 or so species of mammals, only a handful of animals have ever been thought to mate for life. The second episode of NATURE’s new miniseries, What Females Want and Males Will Do, explores why many animals stray from their mates.

Nature

April 8th, 2008 at 12:00 pm

Eerie Fish Mating Calls Reverberate through Coastal Homes

A couple years ago, residents of Cape Coral, Florida began hearing thumps rumble through their homes. At first, they blamed the city’s municipal utility system, and pressured the city council to silence the thumps. The city expected to spend nearly $50,000 on the project.

Nature

April 8th, 2008 at 11:12 am

Meet the Experts: What Females Want and Males Will Do

Gelada expert Chadden Hunter describes his adventures in Ethiopia studying jealous baboons, a robot seductress helps researcher Gail Patricelli flirt with male sage grouses, and Rebecca Safran explains why barn swallows stray from their mates.

Nature

April 2nd, 2008 at 11:06 am

What’s Up with These Spiders?

Lisa Taylor, of the Arizona State University Life Sciences Department, found these two jumping spiders of the genus Paraphidippus in Costa Rica. The male (on the right) is guarding …

Nature

April 2nd, 2008 at 11:01 am

What Females Want…

Since natural selection fails to explain why males or females of some species have ostentatious bodily decorations, Darwin suggested that these traits can arise through sexual selection. But since Darwin’s time, new discoveries about animal mating and courtship continue to be made all the time.