Biodiversity is disappearing at an alarming rate and is driven by human activity: contamination, greenhouse gases and extreme temperatures. But how exactly do these factors affect the reproduction and ...

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 ...

The flowerpot snake, one of the world's smallest snakes, has some unusual distinctions. Also known as the Brahminy blind snake, it's the only known snake species with three sets of chromosomes instead ...

When mammals have offspring, both in the wild and in captivity, new life is celebrated. This is especially true for species that are struggling population-wise, as each live offspring means a greater ...

A fish that entered a radically different environment 8,000 years ago didn’t just survive — it rewired how it reproduces. A new study shows that Atlantic herring adapted to the Baltic Sea’s ...

In many underwater ecosystems, seagrass meadows act as a food source, a safe haven, and an ecological lynchpin. But until now, very little was known about how these plants reproduce—critical ...

Over the past decade, I have made some bold predictions about the future of sex. One that’s been easy is that people will still be having sex for years to come, but for different reasons: they simply ...

“This DNA repair and replication activity supports a fascinating mechanism called premeiotic endoreplication, a process through which the snake duplicates its chromosomes before dividing them, ...