Genetic diversity is essential to the survival of a species. It's easy enough to maintain if a species reproduces sexually; an egg and a sperm combine genetic material from two creatures into one, ...

“My long-standing aim is to rethink what it truly means to be a plant,” Kenji Suetsugu, a botanist at Kobe University in ...

In the recently published article, “The Life History Of Drosophila Sperm Involves Molecular Continuity Between Male And Female Reproductive Tracts,” and further correspondence with loud experts, the ...

There are plants that are neither green nor sexually reproductive, but precisely because of that they teach us a lot about ...

"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 ...

Oribatid mites, minuscule soil-dwelling creatures, have been decomposing organic matter for millions of years. With over 10,000 known species, they were among the earliest arthropods to colonize land, ...

A genderless human figurine, carved 8,000 years ago, raises questions about how agriculture arrived in the South Caucasus.

Happy Ace Week! October 23–29 marks the annual international campaign to raise awareness and understanding of asexuality and people who are asexual or identify on the asexual spectrum. As anyone with ...