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The warming world has disrupted the timing for plant and animal reproduction, and it's usually bad news for species that ...

A mega-study of 117 mammal species reveals that limiting reproduction increases life expectancy by up to 10 percent.

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Inside the growing scientific quest to understand what creatures with the extraordinary ability to defy the ravages of time can teach us about making human aging better.

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You will be redirected to our submission process. Reproduction forms the foundation for the sustainability of fish populations, driving both the productivity of global aquaculture and the conservation ...

King penguins are adapting to climate change in a way that seems to help them breed successfully, which is unusual.

Why did our ancestors ditch the shell and start growing babies inside their bodies instead? In this episode of Big Ideas, ...

Amazon mollies don't need a man, and never will. A new study finds they can purge and repair genetic mutations that would otherwise plague a self-cloning species.

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A children’s book with explicit illustrations of animal mating has sparked a challenge in Florida's Orange County Public Schools this month but will remain available in four middle school libraries ...