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Alexander, Nancy J. "Future Contraceptives." Scientific American, September 1995, p. 104. A review of methods now being developed that may become common in the near future.

Boppre, Michael. "Sex, Drugs, and Butterflies." Natural History, January 1994, p. 26. Butterflies and moths emit chemicals from their odoriferous organs to attract the females of their species. This sexual chemical stimulation is a common mating strategy in many butterfly species.

Borgia, Gerald. "Sexual Selection in Bowerbirds." Scientific American, June 1986, p. 92. The bower, or mating site, of these extraordinary birds of Australia and New Guinea is the center of intense competition among males. The female’s mating choice is based on its architectural adornment.

Catton, Chris, and James Gray. Sex in Nature. Facts on File Publications, New York, 1985.

Crews, David. "Animal Sexuality." Scientific American, January 1994, p. 96. A survey of different methods of sexual differentiation and a theory about the evolution of gender.

ùùùûû. "Courtship in Unisexual Lizards: A Model for Brain Evolution." Scientific American, December 1987, p. 116. An all-female species of whiptail lizards presents a unique opportunity to test hypotheses regarding the nature and the evolution of sexual behavior.

Diamond, Jared. "Everything Else You Always Wanted to Know About Sex, but That We Were Afraid You’d Never Ask." Discover, April 1985,
p. 70. Some aspects of human sexuality still can’t be explained by scientists.

Greenspan, Ralph J. "Understanding the Genetic Construction of Behavior." Scientific American, April 1995, p. 72. Research on sexual behavior in fruit flies.

Newman, Jack. "How Breast Milk Protects Newborns." Scientific American, December 1995, p. 58. How the mother’s immune system is extended into her child through her milk.

Short, R. V. "Breast Feeding." Scientific American, April 1984, p. 35. The relationship of its contraceptive effect to population growth.

Special Issue: "The Science of Sex." Discover, June 1992. A list of books on the biology, physiology, and evolution of sexual reproduction. Topics include puberty, the evolution of the orgasm, and pseudohermaphrodites.

Ulmann, Andrew, Georges Teutsch, and Daniel Philibert. "RU 486." Scientific American, June 1990, p. 42. This controversial drug is now used widely in France to terminate unwanted pregnancies, but the compound actually has many possible applications.

Wallace, Robert A. How They Do It. William Morrow and Company, Inc., New York, 1980. A light-hearted but scientifically serious survey of the way various animals mate.

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