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 ...

Researchers from The University of Osaka have shown that the MIC11 gene of Toxoplasma gondii is essential for the parasite to egress, or exit, the host cell, a key part of the lifecycle. Deletion of ...

Cooler temperatures have now forced the worms into hiding here in Canada, but in other parts of the continent they are ...

Multiple invasive worm species, including hammerhead worms and Asian jumping worms, are spreading across North America, ...

A new study investigated whether asexual people do not benefit as much from romantic relationships as most other groups of ...

This week we hear from PhD researcher Rebecca Humphreys‑Lamford about their experiences undertaking a placement with the BFI to explore asexuality in the archive.

From a celibate porn star to an asexual ex-Mormon, the internet is full of people who are abstaining from sex—and it’s not just incels. But the data shows that young women, too, are having less sex.

The rise in infertility is not limited to humans, as environmental stressors are quietly undermining the reproductive ...

Hall Professor of Biology in MSU’s Department of Biological Sciences, contributed to the study’s genetic analyses and ...

For all of human history, reproduction has relied on a simple biological formula. Sperm meets egg. They fuse, they divide, ...

A virus that typically infects marine animals, such as shrimp and fish, has jumped to humans and is causing chronic eye disease in some people, according to a study published in the journal Nature ...