Some animals reproduce only once before dying. This life strategy, called semelparity, sees organisms channel all energy into ...
There are two basic life-cycle patterns among animals. Many animals have complex life cycles with two or more very distinct stages; metamorphosis is the usual term for the often-radical changes that ...
Most animals reach an adult size, then spend the rest of their lives maintaining it. After maturity, their energy goes toward ...
Students explore and compare chicken and butterfly life cycles. In this lesson, students explore and compare chicken and butterfly life cycles through the development of scientific drawings or models.
The energy invested in animal reproduction is as much as 10 times greater than previously estimated when the metabolic load of bearing and caring for offspring is accounted for, according to a new ...