In an underwater nursery just off the Dominican Republic coast, tiny corals born in a laboratory are slowly growing under the ...

In Stenostomum brevipharyngium, a microscopic flatworm, reproduction doesn’t require a mate. The species multiplies through a process called paratomy, an asexual form of reproduction where a new ...

Dear Abby gives advice to a reader who is struggling with coming out as asexual to friends and family. Pixel-Shot - stock.adobe.com DEAR ABBY: For the past two years, I have been trying to conceal ...

It’s a rare and fascinating event: the world’s largest geckos have laid eggs without any males involved, thanks to parthenogenesis. This documentary dives deep into the science behind asexual ...

In a world saturated with sexual narratives, the absence of sexual desire can be perplexing. But asexuality, defined as having little to no sexual attraction or sexual desire, is a valid sexual ...

In Telford's Exotic Zoo, life found a way. A casque-headed iguana has given birth to eight babies at the Shropshire wildlife park – without any contact with a male, via a phenomenon called ...

Stars twinkle overhead, but under the sea, stars huddle together. Sea stars, that is! Sea stars (Asteroidea), commonly known as starfish, are invertebrates called echinoderms — creatures with hard, ...

Seeds, tubers, cuttings, oh my! There are many ways to propagate garden plants, and understanding them can be both fascinating and a bit daunting. Plant propagation falls into two main categories: ...

Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington and research institutes in China and Myanmar studied flowerpot snakes to see how parthenogenesis works in these reptiles. (Alexander Murray) ...

In the debate over human origins and the nature of sexual reproduction, religious and scientific perspectives often diverge. The Bible claims man came first, with women derived from man’s rib. Yet, ...