Voyeuristic scientists have caught yeast having sex, and lots of it, a finding that questions the assumed chastity of the microscopic fungi that cause yeast infections in humans. Such sexual antics ...

The study reveals how Balanophora plants function despite abandoning photosynthesis and, in some species, sexual reproduction. Their plastid genomes shrank dramatically in a shared ancestor, yet the ...

Lord Howe Island is an isolated high latitude reef representing the southern limit of reef-building coral distribution on the East Coast of Australia. It is located over 600 km from the mainland coast ...

What advantage did sex offer when it first appeared and why does sex persist in modern organisms, stopping them from becoming asexual again? One researcher thinks he may have uncovered some new clues ...

In the framework of an international research project, a team of scientists have demonstrated for the first time that asexual reproduction can be successful in the long term. The animal they studied ...

Scientists have discovered a sexual reproduction process in microalgae that helps them better understand algae and plant evolution. Their discovery could lead to new industrial applications for ...

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, ...

In terms of population growth speeds, asexual animals have a significant advantage: so why do so many species use sexual reproduction to propagate? One of the basic evolutionary weapons in the arsenal ...

The mice scurrying around their cage in Katsuhiko Hayashi’s laboratory do not look remarkable. They run, eat and sleep like others of their kind. But these eight rodents have an unusual origin story, ...

Religions (especially Western religions) concern themselves with proper behavior. This often includes sexual behavior: Religions have much to say on premarital sex, homosexuality, adultery, etc. And ...