After commemorating International Human Rights Day on 10 December, a look at how Western-influenced right-wing movements are ...

The study reveals how Balanophora plants function despite abandoning photosynthesis and, in some species, sexual reproduction ...

Sticking with a long-term life partner to rear children has long been considered a dominant mating pattern for our species, ...

An international research team, including scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, ...

Cutting off reproduction — from birth control to castration — consistently adds years to life across species, even humans.

Blocking reproduction through contraception or sterilization increases lifespan in both male and female mammals across more ...

James Cameron’s blue epic remains visually impressive, but it’s frustrating how little he gives his actors to do ...

“Almost all other monogamous mammals either live in tight family units of just a breeding pair and their offspring, or in ...

At the base of mossy trees, deep in the mountains of Taiwan and mainland Japan or nestled in the subtropical forests of ...

Improving sexual and reproductive health and rights means confronting problems that are inherently social and political, say Rajat Khosla and colleagues Global health stands at a crossroads. The ...

European fertility clinics used cancer-causing sperm for 17 years, prompting urgent calls for genetic screening reforms and ...

If you ask some people, they’ll tell you humans are wired to be monogamous — it’s in our very blood. But one look at the ...