Many mountain gorillas keep living - vigorous and socially engaged - for a decade or more beyond the years of reproduction.

Sex cells made from scratch could revolutionize human reproduction. But researchers are struggling to translate promising ...

Parasites, ranging from tapeworms to microscopic protozoa like Giardia, pose significant health threats by infesting humans ...

When Homo sapiens and Neanderthals interbred, a genetic variation affecting red blood cells may have hindered reproduction in ...

Oireachtas Committee makes 18 recommendations as part of proposed amendments to Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 ...

As a Ph.D. student, I wanted to understand the evolution of individual differences in fruit fly behavior—the building blocks ...

From fasting to low-protein diets, the evolving science of dietary restriction might just offer the key to slowing ageing ...

But the real puzzle isn’t whether de-skilling exists—it plainly does—but rather what kind of thing it is. Are all forms of de ...

Scientists created the eggs using DNA from adult skin cells, a step that could someday potentially lead to new ways to treat ...

The frilled shark, a living fossil from the Cretaceous period, boasts primitive features like an eel-like body and frilled ...

Most animals, including humans, carry an internal lunar clock, tuned to the 29.5-day rhythm of the Moon. It guides sleep, ...

Scientists at the Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) in Dummerstorf and the University of Udine have detected ...