News articles tagged with 'hatching'
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Soap opera in the marsh: Coots foil nest invaders, reject impostors
— 17 Dec 2009 10:19 | BiologyThe American coot is a drab, seemingly unremarkable marsh bird common throughout North America. But its reproductive life is full of deception and violence…
Study fuels debate about why female birds seek extra mates
— 1 May 2009 15:17 | BiologyWhen female birds mate with males other than their social partners and have broods of mixed paternity, the offspring sired by these 'extra-pair' fathers may often get a head start in…
From the egg, baby crocodiles call to each other and to mom
— 25 Jun 2008 09:42 | BiologyFor the first time, researchers have shown that the pre-hatching calls of baby Nile crocodiles actually mean something to their siblings and to their mothers. The calls - which are…
Seagulls: Are males the weaker sex?
— 7 May 2008 15:39 | BiologyMale seagulls may be more vulnerable to their environment during embryonic development than females, according to Maria Bogdanova and Ruedi Nager from the University of Glasgow in the…
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