Mom's reward: Female Galapagos seabird has a shorter lifespan than males
Tuesday, February 12, 2019 - 11:21
in Biology & Nature
The male Nazca booby, a large seabird of the Galápagos Islands, often outlives the domineering female of the species, according to new research from Wake Forest University published today in the Journal of Animal Ecology. Why? It's a story of rotating sex partners, the cost of being a parent and how the body falls apart in old age.