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100-million-years old flowering plants provide oldest evidence of sex

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 19:21

The oldest evidence of sexual reproduction has been found in a flowering plant dating back 100 million years.

100-million-year old amber fossil reveals ancient reproduction in flowering plants

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 18:24

Researchers have discovered a 100-million-year old piece of amber which reveals the oldest evidence of sexual reproduction in a flowering plant- a cluster of 18 tiny flowers from the Cretaceous Period.

Multiple mates increase reproductive success for female prairie dogs

Last Updated: Thursday, December 5, 2013, 21:11

A new study has suggested that mating with more than one male increases reproductive success for female prairie dogs, despite an increase in risks.

Why mere presence of males shortens females` lifespans in some species

Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 13:12

Researchers have discovered that males of the laboratory roundworm secrete signalling molecules that significantly shorten the lifespan of the opposite sex.

New book sheds light on evolution of human reproduction

Last Updated: Sunday, August 25, 2013, 18:14

A new book explores the evolution of human reproduction.

Male guppies can reproduce for ten months even after death

Last Updated: Thursday, June 13, 2013, 18:57

A team of evolutionary biologists in Trinidad has found that male guppies continue to reproduce for at least ten months after they die.

Sex gives evolutionarily advantages to organisms

Last Updated: Friday, June 1, 2012, 19:41

Scientists have speculated for a long time on why all living things don`t simply make like amoebas and split instead of having sex.

Review: New iPad screen is eye-opening upgrade

Last Updated: Thursday, March 22, 2012, 09:37

Beware the new iPad, not because it`s an inferior product, but because it`s a superior one.

Pit vipers capable of virgin birth: Scientists

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 18:10

For the first time, scientists have discovered that deadly pit vipers are capable of virgin birth, or have the ability to reproduce without sex like their constrictor relatives.