Flowers, not flirting, make sexes differ

Let’s not get so obsessed with attracting the opposite sex, cautions a hummingbird research team.

Male purple-throated carib (left) has shorter, straighter bill than the otherwise look-aloke female (right), seemingly a quirk of feeding at his-and-hers flower species. Science

Sex appeal may seem like all that makes the world go round, especially to anyone reading recent scientific studies about why males look different from females, remarks Ethan J.