The penis. It comes in so many different shapes and sizes … and that’s just in humans. As you would imagine, different species have very different penises. The males in most mammal species, including cats…
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In future, women could remain fertile for longer by undergoing an ovarian tissue transplant, according to paper published this week by American and Danish researchers. The Reproductive Biomedicine paper…
A recent study shows that mutations in the “breast cancer genes” BRCA1 and BRCA2 – which increase the risks of breast and ovarian cancers among others – also increase fertility. This is an extraordinary…
Female broad-horned flour beetles are able to influence the gender of their offspring, with “high-quality females” – those…
Few individuals in the Star Wars universe inspired more fear than the Sith Lord, Darth Vader. But beneath the dark exterior, the commander-formerly-known-as-Anakin-Skywalker might have been hiding a dark…
Candida tropicalis cells, once thought to be asexual, have been discovered as being capable of mating sexually. Scientists…
SEVEN BILLION PEOPLE: I had better write fast. Sometime between my deadline to submit this story and the time it goes live, the estimated world population will exceed 7 billion for the first time ever…
Groups of male dolphins who put aside their sexual competitiveness and form alliances with each other to seek out and reproduce…
Female dolphins who have successful relatives and “friends” are much better at producing calves, according to researchers…
Producing milk to feed babies is normally the domain of mammals, including humans. But it has been discovered that the pigeon…
Boys who grow up without a dad around are more likely to reach puberty later, but father their own children earlier, according to a new study. Researchers from the London School of Economics used data…
While the early bird might catch the worm, it’s the quick bird that gets the ladies. That’s the case for rock ptarmigans…
Far from being a harmonious sing-a-long, song-sharing among sparrow populations is actually an aggressive behaviour, akin…
If you’re in a room with 20 random blokes, it’s likely six or seven of them are worried about and unsatisfied with their ability to control their ejaculation during partnered sex. In other words, these…
Male houbura bustards that are particularly exuberant in their attempts to attract female attention have been found to die…
Researchers have constructed the world’s most detailed genetic map, including, for the first time, data from African Americans…
Mother kangaroos willingly face higher health risks than their non-reproducing sisters, all for the sake of being a good…
Why should male genitalia be so variable? This problem has puzzled evolutionary biologists for decades. Even to the experts, it can be difficult to tell closely-related species apart just by looking at…
Feeling tired and grumpy? Maybe a litte emotional? If you’re a middle-aged male, these symptoms might be hormone-related, but no, you’re not going through man opause. It’s true that signs of men’s low…
Individuals from a group of freshwater clam species are believed to produce genetic clones of themselves during reproduction…
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Senior Lecturer, Evolutionary Biology, University of Sydney
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Lecturer in Molecular Biology and Reproduction, University of Kent
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Mark Elgar is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Evolutionary Biology, The University of Melbourne
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Karin Hammarberg is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Research Fellow, Global and Women's Health, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Genetics, University of Adelaide
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PhD student, University of Wyoming
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Jenny Graves is a Friend of The Conversation.
Distinguished Professor of Genetics and Vice Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Reproduction, University of Waterloo
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Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University
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Science Communicator, University of Sydney
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Finkel Professor of Global Health, Monash University
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