by Spencer Hirsch | Nov 11, 2020 | Mating
Can a bird be a cougar? This is not a trick question. By the metrics of popular culture, a cougar is an older female who prefers younger males as mates. Now, this term can either be viewed in a derogatory fashion, wherein females are demeaned for choosing younger...
by Spencer Hirsch | Oct 22, 2020 | Aggression, Social behavior
It is no secret that wasps are aggressive insects. But, in a recently unveiled secret, scientists discovered that a specific species of wasp, paper wasps, are fully capable of carefully calculating that very same aggression towards direct rivals. In their June 2020...