Harvard University. (2007, May 10). Species Thrive When Sexual Dimorphism Broadens Their Niches. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2007 / 05 ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Some Caribbean lizards' strong sexual dimorphism allows them to colonize much larger niches and habitats than they might otherwise occupy, allowing males and females to avoid ...

Giraffes are one of the most iconic species that roam our planet, so you’re likely familiar with most of their quirks and ...

Tomohiko Sasaki et al, Estimating sexual size dimorphism in fossil species from posterior probability densities, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2021). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2113943118.

Humans are sexually dimorphic, which means that males and females are, on average, different sizes. In humans, like most sexually dimorphic species, males are typically larger than females. Why ...

As butterflies flit among flowers, they don't all view blossoms the same way. In a phenomenon called sexually dimorphic vision, females of some butterfly species perceive ultraviolet color while ...

I was looking into the heavy brush, trying to locate an orchard oriole I knew had flown into the cover. Suddenly a blur of magnificently bright red burst onto the scene and settled on a branch in ...

Kenaley and his team of Boston College undergraduates, working with Stockholm University biologist Valentina Di Santo, studied two species—Malacosteus niger and Photostomias guernei—of deep-sea ...

Some Caribbean lizards' strong sexual dimorphism allows them to colonize much larger niches and habitats than they might otherwise occupy, allowing males and females to avoid competing with each ...