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World
She Didn’t Like His Song, So She Tried to Eat Him
It’s not easy being green, golden and male, according to a researcher’s observation of attempted frog cannibalism in Australia.
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Opinion
The Problem With Saying ‘Sex Assigned at Birth’
As you may have noticed, “sex” is out, and “sex assigned at birth” is in. Instead of asking for a…
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US
For Some Mammals, Large Adult Daughters, Not Sons, Are the Norm
Despite a common narrative that male mammals tend to dwarf female ones, fewer than half of mammalian species display that…
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US
A Two-Ton Lifeguard That Saved a Young Pup
In an unlikely act of altruism observed two years ago, a male elephant seal prevented a younger animal from drowning.
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US
Chimpanzees Go Through Menopause, Too
For biologists, menopause is baffling. If natural selection favors genes that produce more descendants, why don’t women remain fertile their…
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US
When Female Frogs Face the Mating Ball, They Pretend to Croak
Female frogs have evolved a variety of tactics to avoid the advances of overeager males, proving they’re not defenseless and…
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Magazine
A Trombonist on a Mission to Break Barriers in Classical Music
Hillary Simms is the first woman to become a member of the American Brass Quintet. She says the field needs…
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US
In Brazilian Caves, She Wields a Penislike Organ to Gather Sperm
Scientists studied the muscles that make a female-male role reversal possible in a group of insects.
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US
Scientists Overlooked the Snake Clitoris, Until Now
Missed for decades, this anatomical revelation opens the door to seduction and female stimulation potentially playing roles in snake mating.
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US
Senate Report Finds Widespread Sexual Abuse of Women in Federal Prisons
Federal Bureau of Prisons employees have abused female inmates in at least 19 of the 29 federal facilities that have…
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