One of the most fascinating abilities some animals have is the power to clone themselves to reproduce. Imagine if humans ...

A study on Lepraria lichens found they possess genes for sexual reproduction despite being thought entirely asexual. This ...

University of Maryland biology Professor Eric Haag has spent his career studying animal reproduction, but people's sex lives ...

Plant reproduction is the production of new individuals from one or more parent plants. This can be accomplished by sexual or asexual means. A cereal-specific transcription factor, ZmICE1a ...

These spores get dispersed by wind, water, and animals, eventually landing ... genus of lichens without sexual reproduction—most of the time, there's an asexual lichen species and a sexually ...

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. We were living in a cataclysmic age of mass extinction and climate instability even ...

This breakthrough reshapes our understanding of the genetic origins of stem cells, offering a new perspective on the evolutionary ties between animals and their ancient single-celled relatives.