The vast majority of multicellular animals (metazoans) exhibit a very specific pattern of cell differentiation: Each cell that performs vegetative body functions forms a somatic lineage, i.e., it ...

Reproduction permanently alters females' bones in ways not previously known, a team of anthropologists has found. Its discovery, based on an analysis of primates, sheds new light on how giving birth ...

In the course of evolution, animals have repeatedly shifted from sexual to asexual reproduction. The first evidence of the consequences of parthenogenesis – a type of asexual reproduction – on genome ...

Behold the miracle of life -- the swimming sperm, the blooming cells, and quite often the parental dread when it's time to tell the kids how it all starts. Fortunately, picture books have long been ...

The current GCSE syllabus is still quite traditional in what it teaches about human reproduction. The compulsory components of the current syllabus include the roles of hormones in the menstrual cycle ...

Balanophora plants represent an extreme example of this shift. They do not produce their own food through photosynthesis but ...

In this fast track life and daily hustle bustle we often neglect the decision of having a baby basis our biological clock. A lot of women are delaying pregnancies and embracing motherhood in later ...

Climate change has now become one of the biggest threats to ecosystems globally, as global cycles that have helped species thrive for centuries have shifted. Birds in particular, for their elaborate ...

During mating, both males and females sometimes evolve creative strategies to pursue their interests. Researchers have now found out: male flies manipulate their partners primarily in order to ...