Distinguished by its unusual morphology and a reproductive system based on something called "sexual parasitism," the anglerfish represents a study in how life adapts to severe environmental ...

Miscarriage affects up to 20% of recognised pregnancies and carries significant physical and emotional burdens for women and ...

Researchers from Institute of Science Tokyo present the underlying reasons behind the evolutionary bias in reproductive strategies of egg-care species. Using 240 whole genome sequences of fish species ...

Cephalopods display some of the most diverse and elaborate reproductive strategies in the marine realm. Their mating systems encompass behaviours such as sexual mimicry, dynamic visual signalling, ...

Fluorescence microscopy reveals patterns of nuclear division in a parasitic fly embryo (Ormia ochracea) within this insect's extraordinary 'uterus'. A new study published in the Annals of the ...