Starfish (or sea stars) demonstrate an extraordinary form of asexual reproduction through fragmentation and regeneration. While they can reproduce sexually by releasing gametes into the water, many ...

Some types of reproduction, like parthenogenesis, are more unusual than others. This reproductive method requires only one ...

Yet, from an evolutionary standpoint, it’s far more plausible that female-like organisms preceded males, especially considering that asexual reproduction—the earliest known mode of ...

There’s some thought that in facultative parthenogens, switching to asexual reproduction developed as a last-ditch effort for a species facing adverse conditions. But for obligate pathogens ...

The day aims to celebrate, advocate for and educate the public about asexuality. This got me thinking about where asexual representation in film and television is today. So, in celebrating the ...

Mandy has made friends in the asexual community. Picture: Supplied I found a good therapist and finally felt like I was understood and listened to. This was my first experience talking about sex ...

The Pahalgam terror attack of April 22 has exposed, yet again, the fragmentation in the global fight against terror and Pakistan’s resort to terrorism when it fears ...

Mechanistically, persistent higher expression of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase 4 (NOX4) in the liver was the key initiator of SF-accelerated damage phenotypes. SF ...

Activity: Grow a plant via asexual reproduction Three years later, he sent a pair of them to a friend in England. On this friend’s death, they were sold to the Duke of Devonshire, who grew ...