Science · 2026-11-09

Male lizard 'perfumes' may be more about rivalry than seduction

Animals communicate in ways that are sometimes obvious to us and sometimes almost completely hidden. Bright colors, songs and courtship displays are easy to notice. Chemical signals are different: an animal can leave a message behind long after it has moved away.

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