Feathers make the man in world of birds: study
Monday, June 2, 2008 - 21:00
in Biology & Nature
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dying the red breast feathers of barn swallows not only won the birds more mates -- it made their testosterone levels shoot up, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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