But I definitely can relate, having once chosen celibacy for seven years. From sex columnist to celibacy. I used to write a ...

For the first time, researchers have observed two cases of asexual reproduction in condors. And it also turns out that whales ...

A rare yam species, Dioscorea melanophyma, spreads its clones by fooling birds with fake berries, helping it survive without seeds.

Abstract: Artificial neural networks have been increasingly used in many problems of data classification because of their learning capacity, robustness and extendibility. Training in the neural ...

A cautious snake coils protectively around a clutch of eggs nestled in tall, lush green grass. Credit: StockCake. Snakes, like most reptiles in the world, are oviparous. This means that rather than ...

There’s a peculiar posse of amphibians creeping through the damp leaf litter of the North American Great Lakes. They’re about the size of a slim sausage, splotchy brown with watery smiles and bulging ...

An invasive tick species in Connecticut has been found to carry the bacteria that can cause ehrlichiosis in humans, a discovery that has alarmed state biologists as the tick continues to increase its ...

In the debate over human origins and the nature of sexual reproduction, religious and scientific perspectives often diverge. The Bible claims man came first, with women derived from man’s rib. Yet, ...

Jellyfish are among the oldest animals on Earth, found in all the world's oceans and serve as valuable model systems for biological research. Microbiologists at Kiel University (CAU) have now shown ...

While sexual reproduction is the predominant strategy among animals, some species have evolved the ability to reproduce asexually through parthenogenesis. In these species, females can produce ...