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One of these things is not like the other…

From Bug News by Erika Tucker, former Assistant Research Scientist and Collection Manager of Insects, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology One of these things is not like the other … One of these things is just pretending … Can you tell which one is the bee and which on is the bee mimic? This…

Sex in nature – when weird is normal

The ninth in a series from the blog Gender and Sexuality in Nature, a 2016 UC Davis course organized by UM EEB alumnus Ash Zemenick (UM EEB B.S. 2011, Ph.D. UC Davis 2017) and Jacob Moore (B.S. University of Washington 2009, Ph.D. UC Davis 2017). So far in this blog, we’ve covered a lot of…

Homosexuality in nature

Females intrasexual fighting. These two female horned beetles are head-butting for possession of a feeding site.

The eighth in a series from the blog Gender and Sexuality in Nature, a 2016 UC Davis course organized by UM EEB alumnus Ash Zemenick (UM EEB B.S. 2011, Ph.D. UC Davis 2017) and Jacob Moore (B.S. University of Washington 2009, Ph.D. UC Davis 2017). Have you ever wondered if, how, or why animals engage…

Does transgenderism exist in nature? Some examples in birds and insects

A brown headed cowbird nestling (right) being raised by a warbler adult. Image credit: Audubon, Beth Hamel

The seventh in a series from the blog Gender and Sexuality in Nature, a 2016 UC Davis course organized by UM EEB alumnus Ash Zemenick (UM EEB B.S. 2011, Ph.D. UC Davis 2017) and Jacob Moore (B.S. University of Washington 2009, Ph.D. UC Davis 2017). Being transgender myself, I have often wondered if there are…