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

This archival footage from the 1930s offers an in-depth exploration of plant and aquatic life cycles, focusing on the processes of reproduction and growth at a microscopic level. The film begins with ...

Even within the world of egg-laying animals, there is an incredible variety of reproductive strategies. Some species mate before the female lays her eggs, ensuring they are fertilized internally, ...

WASHINGTON D.C., Feb. 28, 2016 -- The development of every animal in the history of the world began with a simple step: the fusion of a spermatozoon (the male gamete) with an oocyte, or egg (the ...

The vast majority of animals need to breed to reproduce. But a small subset of animals can have offspring without mating. The process, called parthenogenesis, allows creatures from honey bees to ...

Recently, Emma Lavaut and her colleagues from Sorbonne University and Universidad Austral de Chile found that a species of red seaweed, Gracilaria gracilis, uses the isopod crustacean Idotea balthica ...

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 ...

A University of Hawai'i at Mānoa graduate's new research reveals that plastic pollution poses a significant, unseen threat to ...

Ladies, hold onto your hats. Scientists in Australia published a paper on Tuesday about a female shark that performed a “virgin birth.” Although she hadn’t been around a male shark in three years, the ...

To quote Ian Malcolm, played by Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park, "Life finds a way"—and that's certainly the case for the newest member of a Louisiana's aquarium who was born with no male involvement.

The development of every animal in the history of the world began with a simple step: the fusion of a spermatozoon with an oocyte. Despite the ubiquity of this process, the actual mechanisms through ...