Read more mating stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/34543/mating.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:24:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73271/hooker-crabs-swap-sex-for-safety.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSelling sex is the key to survival in the seedy world of fiddler crabs, according to Australian researchers. Scientists studying the burrow-dwelling, highly territorial creatures found that male fiddler crabs fought off intruders to protect female neighbors—who lack the male's huge claw—far more often than they would aid...http://www.newser.com/story/73271/hooker-crabs-swap-sex-for-safety.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 4:17:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/58464/pandas-havent-bounced-back-from-china-quake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChina’s efforts to save the giant panda from extinction haven’t recovered from last year’s earthquake in Sichuan province, AFP reports. The temblor swallowed up whole groves of bamboo, causing a food shortage just as breeding centers, whose efforts have caused a recent panda “baby boom,” have more mouths to feed...http://www.newser.com/story/58464/pandas-havent-bounced-back-from-china-quake.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 16:12:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55546/salamanders-get-help-crossing-the-road.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSalamanders are getting an assist this mating season from volunteers who shepherd them across dangerous highways, the AP reports. Hundreds try to cross between forests and vernal pools this time of year, and human escorts—also known as bucket brigades—have popped up along the East Coast to keep them...http://www.newser.com/story/55546/salamanders-get-help-crossing-the-road.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Apr 2009 15:38:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55111/audio-stimulus-gets-cheetahs-to-mate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMan’s ingenuity has altered nature’s rhythms for the better at the San Diego Zoo, where an African cheetah cub was born after zookeepers helped her dad turn on her mom, the North Country Times reports. Park scientists used bioacoustics—human-altered animal sounds—to stimulate mating after they discovered that a...http://www.newser.com/story/55111/audio-stimulus-gets-cheetahs-to-mate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Apr 2009 11:08:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48292/panda-lovin-leaves-dc-zoo-wanting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA romantic day in the park amid inaugural hubbub wasn’t enough to propagate the genes of two famous pandas at Washington’s National Zoo, the Washington Post reports. The pair had given mating calls, prompting hopes for the conception of a new member of the endangered species, which is apparently horrible...http://www.newser.com/story/48292/panda-lovin-leaves-dc-zoo-wanting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 19 Jan 2009 8:40:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48067/mating-calls-bare-more-than-desire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLike human songs, animal calls are said to spur courtship, but what exactly does each wail and snort signify? To find out, a pair of Tel Aviv zoologists studied the mating songs of furry little rock hyraxes in the Judean desert. The researchers found that male hyrax courtship "songs" not...http://www.newser.com/story/48067/mating-calls-bare-more-than-desire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 18 Jan 2009 4:52:44 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41706/mating-antelope-show-off-knees-seriously.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDoesn't sound all that sexy, but Africa’s male eland antelope has developed his own way of demonstrating its sexual prowess and warding off rivals. Males click their knees to establish mating rights and avoid brawls: the louder the click, the larger the animal, and the more likely he is to...http://www.newser.com/story/41706/mating-antelope-show-off-knees-seriously.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Nov 2008 13:58:20 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/37346/americans-seek-immune-genes-in-mates-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmericans pick mates with different immune genes while Africans prefer the genes they already have, New Scientist reports. A study of 60 couples from Utah and Nigeria showed that the Americans hitched up with partners whose genes recognized pathogens that theirs couldn't. The African marriages, however, appeared to be genetically...http://www.newser.com/story/37346/americans-seek-immune-genes-in-mates-study.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Sep 2008 19:45:37 CDT