Life cycles require the creation of an autonomous individual, that individual’s growth and that individual’s reproduction In ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) Why are most organisms sexual? The question of why most species reproduce sexually and others reproduce asexually has stymied biologists for years (particularly since asexual ...

In the course of evolution, animals have repeatedly shifted from sexual to asexual reproduction. The first evidence of the consequences of parthenogenesis – a type of asexual reproduction – on genome ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." As with other sexual orientations, those that identify as asexual—or aces—exist on a spectrum. While some ...

Studying a species of beetle mite, an international research team has demonstrated for the first time that animals can survive over very long periods of time (possibly millions of years) entirely ...

When Catherine Esperanza was going through puberty, she never had a crush. Not on any of the kids at school. Not on a celebrity. Friends in middle school and high school began to date, but Esperanza ...

Like many other asexual, or ace, individuals, I realized I was asexual after watching the character Todd from “Bojack Horseman” discover his own asexuality and all the possibilities that could mean ...

Back in the day, we were led to believe that sexual identity was supposed to be clear-cut: People are gay or straight, male or female, asexual or allosexual. These labels existed in binaries, and that ...

Three leopard sharks made history. Off the coral-rich shores of New Caledonia, in the blue quiet of Abore Reef, they showcased an unprecedented sexual behavior. Dr. Hugo Lassauce, a marine biologist ...