Researchers show that ozone levels, such as those found in many places on hot summer days today, destroy the sex pheromones of fruit fly species. As a result, some natural mating boundaries maintained ...

For millions of years, life on Earth has carried on and evolved thanks to finding mates and reproducing. Over those millions of years, species evolved into new species with new behaviors and processes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A team of researchers was driving through the rainforest of Madagascar when something caught their attention. They took a closer ...

At a cave of northern Thailand, a "dragon"-like creature with "long" legs moved across the rock wall to reach a potential mate. The pair blended in with the stone but not quite enough to avoid ...

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"On 31 July 2023, two blue sharks were observed in the Bermeo canyon at 400–600 m depth (8 km offshore). A male erratically followed a female and delivered a courtship bite. The total duration of the ...

In a mating experiment, a Drosophila simulans female is courted by a Drosophila mauritiana male. The flies were previously exposed to ozone levels found in urban areas on hot days. Ozone disrupts the ...