Pandas Getting  New View of Mating Ritual
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CHIANG MAI, Thailand -- After years of painstaking research, scientists say they have unleashed a baby boom among one of the world's most endangered animals, China's giant panda.
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Size matters in the science of sexual attraction -- especially if you are a fish.
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A panda at the Memphis Zoo is definitely pregnant, officials there said Wednesday. Ya Ya, a giant panda, was artificially inseminated in January after she and a male companion failed at mating the old-fashioned way.
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Selling sex is said to be humankind's oldest profession but it may have deep evolutionary roots, according to a study into our primate cousins which found that male macaques pay for intercourse by using grooming as a currency.
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How do corals monitor the moonâs phases and know when to start mingling? Scientists report theyâve found the answer.
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Male macaque monkeys pay for sex by grooming females, according to a recent study that suggests the primates may treat sex as a commodity. "In primate societies, grooming is the underlying fabric of it all," Dr. Michael Gumert, a primatologist at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, said in a telephone interview Saturday.
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The genitals of male seed beetles are extraordinarily spiny, helping to anchor the males inside females as they attempt to impregnate them. Unfortunately, these spikes damage the females, potentially compromising the entire reproductive mission.  Now scientists have discovered an evolutionary arms race with these beetle genitalia, with female genitals growing tougher the spinier the male genitals are. The speed at which genitals change in this battle of the sexes could help shed light on how new species evolve.  A similar battle of the genitals  among waterfowl was announced in April. ...
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By using video of singing birds played back in super slow motion, scientists are teasing apart the mechanics of the beak's role in birdsong&#151;and what that may mean when it comes to selecting a mate.
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Scientists using DNA samples have doubled their estimates of the wild panda population in a nature sanctuary in China, in a finding they say bodes well for the survival of one of the world&#039;s endangered species.
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Rat researchers finds males prefer mates who don't give up the goods right away -- could be waiting for sex makes for a stronger neuro-chemical pleasure payoff. Plus:  Too much TV could hamper sex. In Sex Drive Daily.
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A new report adds to the mounting evidence that relationships between plant and animal species can be far more complex than had been thought.
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Remarkable filmwork of pandas in the wild shows how these rare bears engage in some gymnastics to mark their territory.
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SHANGHAI, China - The birth of twin pandas at a research center brought the number of the endangered species born in captivity this year in China to a record 25, a news report said Tuesday.
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Sexual relationships between humans may be complicated but they are nothing compared to the bizarre sex life of the African bat bug, the British weekly New Scientist reports in next Saturday&#39;s issue.
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Attacks by elephants on villages, people and other animals are on the rise. Some researchers are pointing to a species-wide trauma and the fraying of the fabric of pachyderm society.
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An animal research center in northern  China has appealed to the world for help to fashion an  artificial leg for a panda that lost a limb -- along with its  sex life -- in a fight, local media reported on Thursday.
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An animal research centre in northern China has appealed to the world for help to fashion an artificial leg for a panda that lost a limb -- along with its sex life -- in a fight, local media reported on Thursday.