One of the weirdest things about pea aphids is their reproductive cycle. Most animals reproduce in one of two ways: asexually or sexually. But the pea aphid does not stick to just one type of ...

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biology have discovered a remarkably streamlined strategy for developmental ...

Termites did not evolve complex societies by adding new genetic features. Instead, scientists found that they became more ...

Once a seed germinates, it is committed to one location. Plants are sessile—stuck where they started out—forced to cope with ...

New research shows that epaulette sharks, often called “walking sharks,” can produce eggs without increasing their overall energy use.

For a few fleeting weeks each winter, the famously elusive cats emerge from solitude, calling across the mountains in search of a mate.

A research group found that in female fruit flies, microorganisms enhance reproductive function, boosting the number of cells that form eggs and the number of mature eggs. This is done by controlling ...

Nate Heygi: This is Karyn Anderson. She’s a primate behavioral ecologist at the University of Toronto. She studies same-sex relationships in the animal kingdom. And she says, first off, there are ...

Termites are the descendants of cockroaches, and have undergone significant genetic change to live in vast colonies where ...

Mystery solved! Here's what TL;DR means and why you keep seeing it online. It can be hard to stay current with the latest slang. Language (and internet culture) continues to evolve, resulting in an ...