A new study published in Science and led by Monash University biologists reveals that the energy cost of reproduction is far greater than previously believed.

Biodiversity is disappearing at an alarming rate and is driven by human activity: contamination, greenhouse gases and extreme ...

The energy invested in animal reproduction is as much as 10 times greater than previously estimated when the metabolic load of bearing and caring for offspring is accounted for, according to a new ...

Embryo transfer and in vitro fertilization are just two examples of reproductive technologies that are becoming increasingly more common in the agriculture industry - but experts say the process ...

The inevitability of the aging process and the onset of senescence - the process of deterioration with age - is a fact of life for most plant and animal species. Some, however, live to extreme ...

The researchers even coined a word for it, xenoparity, meaning “foreign birth”. It pushes the boundaries of what we mean by ...

The intensification of livestock production systems is a prerequisite to meet the growing demand for animal products. Genetic selection, assisted reproductive technologies and optimized reproduction ...

A biologist collected the “cryptic” sea animal in western Russia and was surprised to see what it grew into. Take a look.

Jon Havenhand and Michael Thorndyke, researchers at the University of Gothenburg, along with colleagues in Australia, have studied how this acidification process affects marine animal life.

A variety of species across the animal kingdom can reproduce both sexually and asexually, including some types of starfish, water fleas, hammerhead sharks and Komodo dragons.