Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mammals experience a 10% increase in lifespan when reproductive opportunities are suppressed. The study analyzed records from 120 ...

New research shows that birds investing more energy in reproduction age faster and live shorter lives than those investing less.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Successful conservation interventions have helped mountain gorilla populations recover from 620 in 1989 to more than 1,000 today. However, mountain ...

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Reproduction permanently alters females' bones in ways not previously known, a team of anthropologists has found. Its discovery, based on an analysis of primates, sheds new light on how giving birth ...

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This news release is available in Portuguese. A European and US consortium coordinated by Jorg Becker, group leader at the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC; Portugal), has now received funding of ...

Sheep living in the remote outpost of St Kilda are more susceptible to infection if they have recently given birth to lambs, according to new research involving the University of Stirling. The ...

When mammals have offspring, both in the wild and in captivity, new life is celebrated. This is especially true for species that are struggling population-wise, as each live offspring means a greater ...

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