Earth’s earliest animals may have held evolution back because they reproduced asexually, creating low-competition communities ...

A study has found that the reason why the evolution of the first animals to appear on Earth was delayed for over 10 million ...

If you've ever had a spiny leaf insect as a pet, or you're considering getting one, hopefully someone has warned you about this: if you put one in your enclosure, you might come back some time later ...

Imagine if humans could do that—no need for a partner or complicated dating processes. Just think of the possibilities! wink, wink. Cloning in animals refers to asexual reproduction, where an organism ...

Animal reproduction encompasses the full sequence from gamete formation through fertilisation, embryonic development and parturition. In farm and companion species alike, natural breeding is ...

We take it for granted that humans find it more difficult to conceive as they grow older. But our recent study, which analysed data from 157 animal species, found that male reproductive ageing seems ...

Plastic waste in the water might be stopping -- or interrupting -- some shrimp-like creatures from reproducing. In a unique study, the ability of 'shrimp like' creatures to reproduce successfully was ...