Wild things: They make us look tame.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  February 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Habitat: West Africa, mainly Liberia. Mating ritual: And you thought you got the brushoff...BOWERBIRD Habitat: Australia, New Guinea. Mating ritual: The original avian architect, he builds...New Zealand, southeast Australia. Mating ritual: You, with your potbelly, should only...

Dawn of the cicadas.(News)

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  May 13, 2004 ;     34 words ...Trillions of cicadas have arisen from a 17-year sleep in 14 American states to engage in a frantic mating ritual that lasts well into June. Swarms of the noisy, 1.5in-long bugs are a nuisance, but they don't bite or sting.

17-year cicadas return to swarm eastern U.S. Bugs will come out of ground...

Chicago Sun-Times;  May 12, 2004 ;     272 words ......bushes and unwitting pedestrians as they engage in a frenetic mating ritual that lasts well into June. Cicadas aren't expected in the...reproduce all they can before dying. The adult males begin the mating ritual with a long buzzing sound that attracts the females. The...

Antsy bug buffs finding you can't hurry cicada love

Chicago Sun-Times;  May 29, 1990 ;     421 words ......impatiently awaited the beginning of the noisy insects' monthlong mating ritual. "I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas," said Carol Ostrovecky...cold shower, cooling the insects' passions and delaying the mating ritual. "I can't remember a spring where it has been so miserable...

Trillions of Cicadas Emerge From Slumber

AP Online;  May 12, 2004 ;     558 words ......pedestrians as they engage in a frenetic mating ritual that lasts well into June. Then they'...pedestrians as they engage in a frenetic mating ritual that lasts well into June. Then they'...before dying. The adult males begin the mating ritual with a long buzzing sound that ...

E-romance too snappy for a siren; ALWAYS STICK TO THE RULES

The Press;  September 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Press's 10-day series on Boys & Girls, KERI WELHAM looks at the mating ritual, which has taken a radical leap forward in the last 50 years...soft cheeks, and they would grow old together. Today, the mating ritual can be equally romantic, but the process has changed remarkably...

Trillions of cicadas emerge; The insects will invade 14 states after...

Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  May 12, 2004 ;     472 words ......bushes and unwitting pedestrians as they engage in a frenetic mating ritual that lasts well into June. Then they'll disappear for another...reproduce all they can before dying. The adult males begin the mating ritual with a long buzzing sound that attracts the females. The...

Twitchers flock to see grebes

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  February 26, 2007 ;     220 words ...The elaborate mating ritual of these exotic birds has become a regular feature at a Devon...and well worth watching." And he said the best time to see their mating ritual is either first thing in the morning or at the end of the day...

How geneticists put the romance back into mating

The Scotsman;  July 30, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Male fruit flies perform an elaborate mating ritual, while the female does very little...of the same sex, performing the full mating ritual apart from the biologically impossible...discover the secrets behind its involved mating ritual. "What seems obvious makes the researchers...

Trillions of cicadas emerge after 17 years

Charleston Gazette;  May 12, 2004 ;     424 words ......bushes and unwitting pedestrians as they engage in a frenetic mating ritual that lasts well into June. Then they'll disappear for another...reproduce all they can before dying. The adult males begin the mating ritual with a long buzzing sound that attracts the females. The...

I'm stalked by a gay ostrich...(News)

Sunday Mirror (London, England);  August 3, 1997 ;     73 words ......who can't pull birds has fallen for his owner. Things went wrong for Over when his first love Under died. Now he does his mating ritual for farmer Rob Keene. He's got a brain the size of a pea, but Under's death really affected him, said Rob, 37, of Gloucestershire...

The peculiar mating ritual of the greater prairie chicken

Winnetka Talk (IL);  November 27, 2008 ;     146 words ...One of nature's most fascinating shows is that of the mating ritual of greater prairie-chickens, which begins in early spring. Male prairie-chickens perform displays to attract females and chase...

Grin but don't bare it; exposed skin will freeze

Winnipeg Free Press;  January 30, 2008 ;     518 words ......stick our noses out the door. At wind chill factors from -40 to -47, exposed skin freezes in five to 10 minutes. At -48 to -54, it takes only two to five minutes for exposed skin to freeze. All of this data and more can be found on the Environment...

What are they watching?

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  February 26, 2007 ;     41 words ...Bird-watchers have flocked to watch the elaborate mating ritual of the great crested grebes at a Westcountry park. The birds rise out of the water together in an elegant and impressive dance, one of the first signs of spring in the animal world Full story - Page 9

How to pull the birds

The Independent - London;  June 12, 2008 ;     700+ words ...The mating ritual of the black grouse is one of the...than this cavalcade is the bizarre mating ritual those in it are here to observe...are conducting a rather peculiar mating ritual. They are brandishing their bottoms...