Females become less picky about mates as their first reproductive peak wanes, according to a new analysis of cockroach sex. The females thus become more like their male partners, who retain a lifelong willingness to copulate with with any potential mate that moves.
Just after a female dusky cockroach gives birth, she shelters her pale, vulnerable offspring during the hour in which their cuticle hardens.
Log in
Subscribers, enter your e-mail address for full access to the Science News archives and digital editions.