Daily Archives: July 9, 2019

Smells like love…to sea lampreys — ScienceDaily

Some people are drawn to cologne; others are attracted to perfume. When it comes to sea lampreys, however, spermine smells like love. In new research led by Michigan State University and published in the current issue of PLoS Biology, spermine, an odorous compound found in male semen, proved to be a powerful aphrodisiac. Spermine isn’t…

Small mammals, including weasels, mink, and chipmunks, are using vegetated medians for foraging in Canada — ScienceDaily

Vegetated highway medians are a proverbial buffet for small mammals, according to new research by University of Alberta biologists. Animals such as weasels, mink, and chipmunks use the roadside bands of vegetation as habitat to find food. “We observed animals foraging for everything from other mammals, such as red squirrels looking for birds, to vegetation,…