The lizard kings
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The the population frequency of the male Uta stansburiana side-blotched lizard is determined by a six-year cycle during which males with various throat colors predominate. Orange-throated males dominate blue-throated males, which dominate yellow-striped throats, which dominate orange-throats.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1996
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Feathers, flight and faith
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An article in 'Nature' magazine featured the discovery of a 120-million year-old feather that carries fossilized eggs of mites. Meanwhile, the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' has reported about the Cheirogenesia mayflies that refused to use their wings to conserve energy.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1999
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It's all happening at the zoo(logy meeting)
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Research findings announced at the annual zoology conference covered the waving behavior of fiddler crabs. A theme that dominated the conference was the energetic costs of locomotion in animals. Cockroaches were used in these studies.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1996
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