Revealed: the mechanism that allows birds of a feather to flock together

"Pigeons loaded with GPS backpacks show the secrets of co-ordinated flight control"

"Scientists have discovered that pigeon flocks are governed by a kind of "democratic hierarchy" that makes sure everyone flies in the same direction."

Thursday, 8 April 2010

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/revealed-the-mechanism-that-allows-birds-of-a-feather-to-flock-together-1938692.html

Symmetrical bodies wow the opposite sex

We may subconsciously gauge a person's reproductive fitness from the symmetry of their bodies
James Randerson, science correspondent


http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/aug/18/sexual.selection.body.symmetry

Organizing the World in the Age of DNA

http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/news/2007/05/hanken_qanda