The white-handed gibbon comes closest to humans in the study, with a monogamy rate of 63.5%. It’s the only other top-ranked ...

New research has mapped the cell types that specialize to form reproductive organs in both sexes, identifying key genes and signals that drive this process. The findings offer important insights into ...

In 2016, two Japanese reproductive biologists, Katsuhiko Hayashi and Mitinori Saitou, made an announcement in the journal Nature that read like a science-fiction novel. The researchers had taken skin ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. When humans kill wolves, they compensate by reproducing more and their populations tend to ...

As humans gear up for an era of exploring places like the Moon and Mars, a big question arises: can humans reproduce in space? In many ways, we’re still far out from a definitive answer, and ...

Researchers have successfully grown mouse embryos aboard the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time. This represents "the first-ever study that shows mammals may be able to thrive in ...