Two studies have found that extreme temperatures can change how a species reproduces, with one reptilian species becoming more resilient to climate change, while the other displaying a 'sex reversal' ...

The researchers even coined a word for it, xenoparity, meaning “foreign birth”. It pushes the boundaries of what we mean by ...

Asexual reproduction, in which females reproduce without males by cloning themselves, has been documented in multiple species ...

A 'virgin birth' may sound like something found only in the Bible - but it's actually one of nature's real-life miracles.

At a lab in the heart of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, scientists are breeding corals to be more resilient to rising ...

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As human-caused sound gets louder around the world, some animals change their behavior and many creatures suffer health issues Olivia Ferrari As human noise increases around the world, some animals ...

A bridge dedicated to helping animals cross a busy freeway has a breathtaking price tag—and is entirely unnecessary to protect the mountain lion.

Meet the Messor ibericus harvester ant, the only animal on record that clones another animal to carry out its lifecycle, ...

The natural world is full of creatures with extraordinary sensory abilities that make our human senses seem remarkably limited by […] ...

For decades, it was thought that while the brain orchestrated male sexual behavior—arousal, courtship, and copulation—the ...

A flash of pink breaks the muddy surface of the Amazon River as scientists and veterinarians, waist-deep in the warm current, patiently work a mesh net around a pod of river dolphins. They draw it ...