Buzz off, lover boy. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Over the past THIRTY years, Hawaiian crickets have dramatically changed their mating calls. What gives? Unwanted attention, says Aaron Wikle and team from the University of Denver. Enter NON-native Hawaiian parasitic flies. They embed their
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Hey guys, gals, non-binary humans—you think dating is hard? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science saying… Pity the simultaneous hermaphrodite. An animal with BOTH sets of sex organs. While polyclad flatworms “mate,” they blast each other with jets of corrosive seminal fluid. It eats through
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Six legged wallflowers don’t get… POLLINATED?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Imagine speed-dating, but you can’t hear anything. Think you’d make it to first base? Well, we’re not the only ones who wanna hear some smooth talk. Mosquitoes do too. Wait… Can we use
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Do seabirds sign prenups? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. All aboard for Love Island! For the albatross seabird, that’s The Falklands. Albatrosses are monogamous, generally mating with one partner for life. Or at least, for a while — like us, they can divorce and
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They say love is a mixtape… of frog songs?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down On Science. We’ve all done crazy things for love, but joining a boy band?! Frogs do something similar during mating season. But if everyone’s doing it… who gets the most groupies? Enter
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At sea, sometimes SEAL-ing the deal is risky business! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Imagine BULKING up to start a family. Male elephant seals need to get big to fight off other males during mating season. In fact, males can gain ONE THOUSAND pounds
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Do seabirds sign prenups? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. All aboard for Love Island! For the albatross seabird, that’s The Falklands. Albatrosses are monogamous, generally mating with one partner for life. Or at least, for a while — like us, they can divorce and
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Hey – isn’t it YOUR turn to take out the trash? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying… more trash, more flies! And they can host a fungus called Entomophthora Muscae. Which has a sweet trick for turning its hosts into stealth killers! HOW? Andreas
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Sometimes you gotta risk it for the biscuit! This is Sandra Tsing-Loh, with the Loh Down on Science. Decisions, decisions! Paper or plastic? Bagel or breakfast burrito? Every day, we make these life-or-death decisions. Is this a human-only trait? George Uetz from the University of Cincinnati says, No – spiders
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Can colors be scary and sexy at the same time? This is Sandra Tsing Loh, with the Loh Down on Science, saying: Yes! At least for butterflies. Consider the heliconius erato butterfly of Central America. It sports a red band on its black forewing and a yellow stripe on its
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