From gliding to farting, snakes have bizarre superpowers. Celebrate National Snake Day with these shocking behaviors.

It’s time for everyone to engage in the depopulation debate, says Dean Spears, a co-author of After the Spike.

Parthenogenesis -- a natural form of asexual reproduction -- is something that's common amongst plant species, insects, amphibians and many other life forms. Meaning "virgin creation" in Greek, it ...

It's a hot, dry summer afternoon, and the skies offer no relief for a field of soybeans. But within those green leaves, these ...

As the days grow shorter, many animals prepare for the approaching winter by suspending reproduction. Insects, for example, ...

For the first time, scientists have used two sperm cells to create viable mice offspring that have gone on to reproduce healthy offspring of their own.⁣ ...

Nature is marked not only by struggles for survival, but also by remarkable feats of cooperation. From microbes to insects to humans, organisms work together in a variety of ways to gather and share ...

Human Reproduction is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of human reproduction, including reproductive physiology and pathology, endocrinology, andrology, gonad function ...

New research from Rockefeller University reveals how both genes and body size influence whether an ant becomes a queen or a worker.

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The azuki bean beetle is a common pest of stored beans and peas. Researchers at Kyushu University have found that when beetles infected with Wolbachia bacteria are exposed to elevated temperature and ...