A new study of wild bats reveals that an animal's immune system is shaped by more than its need to fight infections. Researchers from the University of Maryland have found that sex, age and ...

Although most animals reproduce with members of their own species, Iberian harvester ant (Messor ibericus) easily mates with ...

Males of the species Drosophila melanogaster pack thousands of almost two-millimeter-long sperm cells into significantly smaller storage organs. A new study reveals how they move in an orderly manner ...

Minions & Monsters is out now, and the newest movie in the Despicable Me and Minions franchise redefines what can be done ...

We know that plants must be pollinated in order to reproduce. However, the method of pollen distribution varies depending on the plant. Each spring, we get a good idea of one method of pollen ...

Stored sperm may age faster than reproductive medicine has assumed, suggesting that shorter abstinence periods could benefit ...

The world’s life-forms reproduce sexually in a bewildering variety of ways, even though scientists still aren’t sure why they ...

The whole point of reproduction is that you produce more of your own species, right? Well, not exactly, and not if you are an Iberian harvester ant (Messor ibericus). Amazingly, this ant can propagate ...

A new study suggests female bottlenose dolphins may have a strategy for steering clear of males with a history of pushy mating tactics. Four male bottlenose dolphins line up behind an female in Shark ...

It may sound too bizarre to be true, but the Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa), a fish that inhabits rivers, lakes, and swamps in Mexico and Texas, exists over much of its range in populations that are ...

Testicular sperm extraction encompasses a spectrum of surgical and adjunctive methods designed to retrieve spermatozoa directly from testicular tissue in men with azoospermia. Conventional open biopsy ...