... Commonwealth University researchers sheds light on the way a tiny parasitic wasp produces its courtship song ...
Rather than compete for females, male long-tailed manakins pair up to perform their courtship song and dance.
... detect nearby sounds--like the male's courtship song--that cause vibrations in the air, a bit ... leading to behaviors like copulation (in the case of the courtship song), while the wind-detecting neurons ...
... "light up" in response to wind versus the sound of courtship song. The team mounted a fly upside ... we positioned a loudspeaker in front of the fly, and we delivered courtship sound recordings and wind, and as we did that we could watch ...
... only expose their genitalia for copulation after males produce a courtship "song" by tapping the water surface. 150 ... produce courtship signals by tapping the water surface with their middle legs. It is only after receiving the male's "song ...
Four years ago, a researcher reported a bizarre example of sexual selection in a rare South American bird: The male attracts the female by rubbing specialized wing feathers -- more than 100 cycles ...
... tapping and licking and using wing vibration to generate a 'courtship' song. If successful, the female will slow and present ... has been activated demonstrate some, but not all, of the characteristics usually associated with courtship behaviour in males. The researchers have also shown that dsx ...
... vocal practice. In their study, the UCSF scientists coaxed the adolescent males to sing directed, courtship song towards females, and analyzed ...
... , controls and utilizes behavior. Using newly developed thermogenetic methods, the researchers are able to initiate the courtship song of the male fly by "remote control ...
Male fly's courtship song switches on female's immune system as she prepares to guard against potential infection from mating, say scientists.
... , who is also a member of UCLA's Brain Research Institute. Male zebra finches learn to sing a courtship song between 35 days and 100 days ... zebra finches don't learn the courtship song and don't have a brain region ...
... studying how birds master songs used in courtship, scientists have found that regions of the brain involved in planning and controlling complex vocal sequences may also be necessary ...
... the males to a female grasshopper, and then recorded their courtship songs. Analysis of almost 1,000 ... ways. It could prevent females from hearing male courtship songs properly, prevent females from recognising ...
Males that dwell by busy roads boost the bass of their courtship songs to be heard above traffic, a new study says.
