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

There are two basic life-cycle patterns among animals. Many animals have complex life cycles with two or more very distinct stages; metamorphosis is the usual term for the often-radical changes that ...

Researchers uncover for the first time the mechanism that likely explains how embryos form either a larva or a miniature version of the adult. For over 100 years, biologists have wondered why animals ...

Scientists discover that a queen ants of the Messor genus produce males from another species to breed hybrid workers in ...

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As spring gives way to summer, nature’s treasure chest awakens. Earth’s biological wealth sprouts, blooms and clamors. These contents once blanketed the landscape with a thin, life-sustaining fabric, ...