Science news articles about 'female promiscuity'

... eggs in the one basket," Dr Byrne said. "Our study advances our understanding of female promiscuity by being the first to show ... is a novel and potentially widespread explanation for the evolution of female promiscuity," Dr Byrne said. The Pseudophryne bibronii ...

Female promiscuity appears to have triggered changes in the type of sperm a male produces, according to new research ... mating with multiple males." Female promiscuity is a major problem for males because the sperm from rival ...

'Higher quality' male seed beetles lose post-copulatory battle.

Female promiscuity, the normal sexual behaviour for most animals, may be necessary for the survival of a species, U.K. biologists say.

... competition," says Pitnick. "Whenever a female mates with more than one male—and female promiscuity is more the rule than the exception in nature—there are conflicts between the sexes over paternity, as well as competition between rival ejaculates ...

Contrary to what many of us would predict most female animals are not monogamous. Not even swans or penguins ... ) hallmarks of monogamy. Also surprising is the evidence that in most cases the female deliberately looks for the multiple sexual partners ...

... have finally figured out why female squirrels are so darn promiscuous. Turns out it has nothing to do ... with anywhere from one to 14 partners and that female promiscuity was not reliably inherited by offspring. "A female squirrel that only chose ...

Females in inbred populations become more promiscuous in order to screen out sperm from genetically incompatible males, according to new study by the University of East Anglia.

Researchers have discovered that females with multiple sexual partners can be more fertile than those that are monogamous, and this because of an “overproduction” of sons ... evolutionary biologist for decades: why so many females chase multiple sexual partners in a mating ...