Females of the species called rattlebox moths sniff out each other’s male-attracting pheromones and congregate, creating the pheromone-based equivalent of male frogs gathering in a pond to croak a ...

Pheromones are in the air — perhaps more than usual. Coined by Peter Karlson and Martin Lüscher in 1959, “pheromones” refers to a class of naturally secreted chemicals said to emit olfactive signals ...

During courtship, adult male plethodontid salamanders transfer protein pheromones that augment female receptivity. The majority of plethodontid species apply pheromones transdermally (to the female's ...

Winston Churchill famously described Russia in 1939 as “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” The same can be said, today, of several aspects of human sexuality. Particularly enigmatic, at ...

Life as a fruit fly seems pretty simple: Hatch, grow, eat some fruit, find a mate, produce hundreds of tiny offspring and die -- all in a month or so. But that part about finding a mate -- or mates -- ...

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SAN FRANCISCO, March 20, 2002 — Women’s perfume laced with synthetic pheromones acts as a sexual magnet and increases the sexual attractiveness of women to men, San Francisco State University ...

Whether you’re looking to get more attention from men, increase your sex appeal, or spice up your current relationship, pheromone perfumes can give you the edge you need. But with so many different ...

The saying goes that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But attraction is based on more than love at first sight. When we feel chemistry with another person, it may be thanks to one of our chemical ...

Mr. Darcy, Jane Austen's elusive dreamboat, had a notoriously tough time with the ladies. But the Mr. Darcy of the pheromone world — darcin — appears extremely effective in attracting mates. The sex ...