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

A combination of two classical biological laws, the global constraint principle delves deeper into complex biological ...

Studying chemical chatter as tiny balls of cells embed could shine a light on early pregnancy and glitches that lead to miscarriage ...

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

Scientists warn that the human Y chromosome has lost most of its genes over millions of years, and new research suggests ...

“Every miscarriage is heartbreaking,” lead researcher Harmut Cuny, a senior postdoctoral scientist with the Victor Chang ...

Human biology evolved for a world of movement, nature, and short bursts of stress—not the constant pressure of modern life. Industrial environments overstimulate our stress systems and erode both ...

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has ...

One ocean-dwelling creature found in many tropic waters is known to be able to reserve its own life cycle, cheating death.

Although it also performs some functions in men, estrogen, the main female sex hormone, is involved in a myriad of processes, ...

New genetic research suggests centuries of human persecution may have selected for calmer behavior in Italy's rare Apennine ...

The time a spider plant mom remains tethered to her spiderette can be influenced by the daughter plant's environment.