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

Humans are far closer to meerkats and beavers for levels of exclusive mating than we are to most of our primate cousins, ...

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

Scientists captured first real-time 3D video of human embryo implantation, revealing mechanical forces behind successful ...

Corrales, a recent biological sciences Ph.D. graduate from the University of Rhode Island, and his advisor, Associate ...

An international study involving researchers from Singapore, China, USA, Europe and Brazil has identified four subtypes of ...

HUMANS are less likely to cheat than chimps – but are more prone to promiscuity than beavers. They’re the findings of a major ...

The monogamy rate in humans may be higher than you expected... but we do it in a strange way compared to other animals.

Although many people are choosing to have children later in life, biological fertility limitations remain unchanged ...

Unusual for animals from a biological point of view, female mountain gorillas often live many years after last giving birth – ...

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

In an exploration of the influence of monogamy on eusocial societies, Dr Mark Dyble found that the white-handed gibbon had ...