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Connie O'Connor joins elite company with Alice Wilson Award Oct 21, 2013 McMaster Daily News
Love hormone makes fish bond better, McMaster study shows Oct 12, 2012 CBC News
Swimming in hormones strengthens group Oct 10, 2012 Simcoe County New (Simcoe, Ontario)
Swimming with hormones: Researchers unravel ancient urges that drive the social decisions of fish Oct 10, 2012 Terra Daily (Online science news)
Not a hug hormone – fish version of oxytocin acts as social spotlight Oct 10, 2012 Not Exactly Rocket Science (Discover Magazine online blog)
Vissen onder de hormonen Oct 10, 2012 Metro (Amsterdam, Holland)
Fish Form of 'Love Drug' Guides Social Decisions Oct 09, 2012 Live Science
Swimming with hormones: Researchers unravel ancient urges that drive the social decisions of fish Oct 09, 2012 Science Codex
Hamilton team studying round goby population Aug 20, 2012 CBC News
The round goby: Hamilton Harbour's unwanted guest Nov 23, 2011 The Hamilton Spectator
Understanding fishy behaviour Oct 29, 2011 Hamilton Spectator: Constance O’Connor is ready to tackle fish.
Bigger, bossier familes more appealing for cichlid Mar 02, 2010 Practical Fish Keeping: Seeking domestic bliss is a relatively low priority for some cichlids, with bigger and bossier families being more appealing, according to research to be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Biology Letters.
African fish choose safety over sex Jan 18, 2010 CBC News Technology & Science
No sex please: Fish prefer to play it safe Jan 18, 2010 ABC Science
Goby with Two Kinds of Males Confirmed: An Invader in North America. Jun 26, 2009 ASAHI Shimbun newspaper, Japan
[no name] Jan 26, 2009 The Silhouette, McMaster University's Student newspaper
Speedy Sperm Jan 26, 2009 "Nieuwslicht" Program on Dutch national television
Speedy Sperm Jan 24, 2009 CBC - Quirks and Quarks
Infidelity encourages faster sperm Jan 21, 2009 Cosmos Magazine: Promiscuous behaviour in female cichlid fish may have caused males to evolve speedier, bigger sperm, according to a new study.
The more promiscuous the female, the speedier the sperm Jan 21, 2009 National Post: Researchers use fish to settle a sperm competition debate
Female promiscuity changes sperm production in male fish, study finds Jan 20, 2009 Fort Frances Times: Female promiscuity appears to have triggered changes in the type of sperm a male produces.
Promiscuous female fish speed up Sperm Jan 20, 2009 Hamilton Spectator
PNAS Paper-Speedy Sperm Jan 19, 2009 Hamilton CHCM
Competition drives evolution of 'super sperm' Jan 19, 2009 New Scientist: Males of some species of cichlid fish compete to fertilize the eggs of promiscuous females, according to a new study by McMaster University researchers
Dieting Fish May 17, 2008 CBC - Quirks & Quarks
[No name] May 07, 2008 National Public Radio, Canada: Wait wait don’t tell me!
Support of a good female Feb 07, 2008 Science News & Views
Support of a good female Jan 31, 2008 National Radio Coverage: CBC Radio Two
Support of a good female Jan 30, 2008 680 News, Toronto
Support of a good female Jan 30, 2008 National Radio Coverage: The Charles Adler program
Happiness and Humour Jan 03, 2007 Glow Magazine
Benefits of humor and laughter Nov 03, 2006 Women's Health Magazine
Influence of Humor on Desirability Aug 12, 2006 Ladies' Home Journal
Production and appreciation of humor as sexually selected traits Aug 11, 2006 Mens Health Magazine
Influence of Humor on Desirability Jul 13, 2006 Chatelaine Magazine
Two Canada Research Chairs for McMaster Jul 12, 2006 McMaster Daily News: CRC Announcement
Paternal behavior, the "sexiness" of such behavior in the eyes of some females Jun 12, 2006 CJOB, Winnipeg: 8 minute live telephone interview on the Washington Post article
In Nature, Plenty of Animals Pass the Paternity Test Jun 12, 2006 Washington Post
Influence of Humor on Desirability May 22, 2006 Ladies’ Home Journal
Humor and sexual relations Apr 19, 2006 Star News, India
Influence of Humor on Desirability Apr 12, 2006 Monitor on Psychology
Influence of Humor on Desirability Apr 02, 2006 National Post: Popular wisdom says women like funny men, but a McMaster University researcher set out to determine if that's true.
Influence of Humor on Desirability Feb 08, 2006 Popular Science Magazine
Influence of Humor on Desirability Feb 02, 2006 Ottawa Citizen
Humour Study Nov 03, 2005 CHML
Humour Study Nov 02, 2005 Macleans Magazine
Rent-paying fish give insights into humanity Jul 13, 2005 National Post
Cooperation in Fish Jun 19, 2004 CBC Radio Quirks and Quarks

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