Life cycles require the creation of an autonomous individual, that individual’s growth and that individual’s reproduction In ...

Asexual reproduction, in which females reproduce without males by cloning themselves, has been documented in multiple species ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Scientists with the Texas A&M Animal Reproductive Center are working hard to diagnose and treat reproductive issues to create a more efficient and sustainable industry. “When an ...

Meet the Messor ibericus harvester ant, the only animal on record that clones another animal to carry out its lifecycle, ...

Animals possess circadian clocks, or 24 h oscillators, to regulate daily behavior. These typically take their cues from the periodic change of sunlight and darkness. However, many animals are also ...

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 ...

Ants are known for their hierarchical societies and well-codified reproduction. However, a recent discovery shows that a European species completely upends these established rules. Researchers ...

Scientists said Wednesday they have turned human skin cells into eggs and fertilised them with sperm in the lab for the first ...

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 ...

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 ages, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Horse breeding is well-known to be one of the traditional means of subsistence for the Sakha (Yakut) of Siberia. Existing research, however, ...