In Mauritius, home to nearly 250 species of coral and 150 kilometres of reef, the decline has been stark. But restoration ...

For most animals, survival is a game of chance. Sexual reproduction mixes DNA, keeping the gene pool diverse and giving evolution more options. When a species stops mixing genes, it usually goes ...

Unless you carefully inspect the leaves of a plant in your garden, you might not ever see the tiny little bugs known as ...

UC Davis researchers have discovered a multi-layered system that plants use to regulate salicylic acid, a hormone vital for disease resistance but harmful in excess. The mechanism involves enzymes ...

A Hiroshima-University-led research team has discovered a key gene responsible for the initiation of gemma development, ...

Scientists have nailed the biomechanics of a centuries-long puzzle on how freshwater flatworms known as planarians reproduce. The asexual freshwater worms, notoriously difficult to study, tear ...

Romantic relationships improve psychological well-being for most people—but do they for everyone? It has been shown in many scientific studies that high-quality romantic relationships with a loving ...

Scientists at Keele University have created the first detailed map of the genetic "switches" that control reproduction in ...

Brown, the Donald L. Hall Professor of Biology in MSU’s Department of Biological Sciences, contributed to the study’s genetic analyses and interpretation of evolutionary patterns.

Some aphids reproduce through a remarkable process where females are born already carrying developing embryos enabling rapid ...

Researchers identified a species that can survive radiation, extreme heat and simulated Martian soil, posing a new challenge for protocols intended to keep the red planet pristine.

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