A large-scale analysis of 117 mammal species found that preventing reproduction is associated with longer lifespans, suggesting a strong link between reproductive activity and life expectancy. Why do ...

Attorney Carol Lockwood joins producer/host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss Assisted Reproductive Technology law, the role ...

A common parasite expands across species by abandoning sex, boosting short-term spread while risking long-term collapse.

Faced with demographic collapse in her home country, the Chinese expert is conducting experiments on stem cells and human ...

Mice have remained the focal point for life sciences research for the past several decades. Their universality in biomedicine ...

This separation of sexes in plants is called dioecy. One reason why dioecy may evolve is because of the negative effects that ...

Domestic pigeons have surprising cultural significance. They inspired Charles Darwin in his thinking about evolution, ...

Slavery ends not when words are purified or systems improved, but when relations are introduced that power cannot absorb – ...

The jawbones and vertebrae of a hominin that lived 773,000 years ago have been found in North Africa and could represent a ...

If you’re watching the person you love struggle to survive an illness, things aren’t going to be the same — for better or for ...

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

A pigment that makes feathers and hair orange helps prevent cellular damage by removing excess cysteine from cells.