When an animal parent has a child, both will belong to the same species. Humans beget humans, combfish beget combfish, and ...

Three new members joined the meat science program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Animal Science on Aug. 1.

Scientists studied water fleas to reveal how natural selection subtly operates in stable environments, offering insights into ...

Saving reproductive tissue from kids treated for cancer before adolescence could give them a chance at having biological children later in life.

Sharks, skates and rays adapt their growth and reproduction to changing food availability, a new study reveals.

Human evolution has often been depicted as a process of adaptation, where natural selection and genetic changes drive species ...

Researchers have uncovered an unusual survival strategy in Iberian harvester ants that turns basic biology on its head: The ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the Lasker Awards for biomedical research, how gene editing could cure diabetes and more.

Compulsive, forceful or unhygienic masturbation can be problematic, but the act itself does contribute toward a healthy sex ...

Most tiger sharks caught in the Arabian Sea are sexually immature, taken before they can even reproduce. Without urgent ...

When rainwater flows over urban surfaces - roads, roofs, recreational areas - it carries multiple pollutants. Among the most ...