In many species, sex isn’t fixed for life, and some animals can switch from male to female as part of a reproductive strategy. This process, called sequential hermaphroditism, allows individuals to ...

While most animals manage to avoid inbreeding through scent recognition or by leaving their packs, others (such as those ...

Orange County school board votes 6-2 to keep controversial children's book "Do Animals Fall In Love?" with animal mating ...

Research into hibernating animals reveals that memory lives in the cell and life is defined by the persistence of embodied information.

These “walking sharks” can lay eggs without spending extra energy, rewriting what scientists thought they knew about reproduction.

Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biology have discovered a remarkably streamlined strategy for developmental ...

New research shows that epaulette sharks, often called “walking sharks,” can produce eggs without increasing their overall energy use.

Joy—fleeting woo-hoo moments like "catching the perfect wave"—is felt by many diverse animals, and researchers want to know how they express it in various situations and why.

Epaulette sharks can reproduce without any measurable increase in energy use, stunning researchers who expected egg-laying to ...

Epaulette sharks reproduce effortlessly, without using much energy. The epaulette sharks, also known as “walking sharks,” do not have a rise in energy use during their reproduction cycle, according to ...

As global temperatures continue to rise, scientists are working to understand how warming affects the planet’s carbon cycle. A new study published in Biocontaminant reveals that higher temperatures ...