Reproduction permanently alters females' bones in ways not previously known, a team of anthropologists has found. Its discovery, based on an analysis of primates, sheds new light on how giving birth ...

In the course of evolution, animals have repeatedly shifted from sexual to asexual reproduction. The first evidence of the consequences of parthenogenesis – a type of asexual reproduction – on genome ...

In many underwater ecosystems, seagrass meadows act as a food source, a safe haven, and an ecological lynchpin. But until now, we knew very little about how these plants reproduce — critical ...

Reproduction is central to survival, but it may come at a hidden cost. In a new study, which drew on zoo records from more than 110 animals around the world, researchers found that blocking ...