Animal reproduction and breeding encompasses the full spectrum of natural, assisted and genetic processes that underpin the perpetuation, improvement and conservation of species across diverse taxa.

Biologists have for the first time taken a detailed look at hybridogenic reproduction methods on a community scale among desert ants. The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at Université ...

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 ...

This archival footage from the 1930s offers an in-depth exploration of plant and aquatic life cycles, focusing on the processes of reproduction and growth at a microscopic level. The film begins with ...

Proceedings of a symposium jointly organized by the IAEA and FAO, Vienna, 15–19 April 1991. The symposium reviewed advances in nutrition and reproduction of ruminant and other herbivorous animals, as ...

Microscopic creatures called bdelloid rotifers have thrived without mating for millions of years. How they did it could reveal why sex is so essential for almost everyone else. If all the animals on ...

Reproduction in the animal world can be complicated at the best of times. But far from the flashy birds or mammals competing ...

Diploscapter pachys hasn't had sex for 18 million years, and is doing just fine Image courtesy of Karin Kiontke and David Fitch Researchers recently sequenced the DNA of a species of small translucent ...

The intensification of livestock production systems is a prerequisite to meet the growing demand for animal products. Genetic selection, assisted reproductive technologies and optimized reproduction ...