One species of bacteria seems to get many of the perks of sexual reproduction without actually having sex, a new study finds. Different strains of bacteria called Mycobacterium smegmatis swap large, ...

Reproduction in animals varies from species to species. Some types of reproduction, like parthenogenesis, are more unusual than others. This reproductive method requires only one individual rather ...

In the Mesorhabditis belari roundworm, the sole purpose of males is to help females produce clones of themselves. In 1949, the young biologist Victor Nigon described the reproduction of various ...

Scientists say they have documented the first virgin birth in a crocodile. And while the concept may sound bizarre to humans, this type of reproduction is not unheard of across the animal kingdom, ...

Researchers just discovered a method of animal reproduction previously unknown to science, reporting that a biological law is being “broken” by a species of ant. The yellow crazy ant, according to a ...