Guppies & Guys

April, 1995

Lee Alan Dugatkin of the University of Missouri and Robert Craig Sargent of the University of Kentucky have just published the results of their study of the mating habits of male guppies in a weighty journal called Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. After reading about their work, I'm not sure I can trust my male friends anymore.Biologists often ask important questions. Why are the males of most species so competitive with one another during courtship rituals? What kinds of gestures do females...

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