This big egg belongs to an ostrich. Some animals, like lizards, lay much smaller eggs and much more of them. During sexual reproduction a sperm from the male joins with an egg from the female.

To reproduce, animals need a male and female. Together they can create offspring, or babies. Some animals, such as chickens, fish and snakes, lay eggs which contain their offspring. Other animals ...

Asexual reproduction, by contrast, dispenses with the entire business of genetic sorting. Whereas sexually reproducing ...

Animals reproduce in different ways. Some, like humans, give birth to live young. A few reproduce by budding – a new creature grows from a segment of the original animal. And many different types of ...

In sexual reproduction, offspring are produced from two parents, where generally the sperm from a male combines with the egg from a female, and develops into a new individual. Almost all animals ...

How? These animals are among a handful of species that can choose to reproduce sexually or asexually. In other words, they can reproduce with a partner or totally on their own. This is known as ...

Eight fascinating animal species, such as Darwin's frog and mouthbrooding cichlids, exhibit unique reproductive strategies ...

A female swell shark gives birth to a pup without coming in contact with a male, and now scientists are wondering how this is ...

Animal reproduction science focuses on dogs, pigs, ruminants and horses. Research on ruminant reproduction (female reproduction) has focused on three research lines: The use of the GnRH hormone for ...

The Animal Reproduction Science Group are researchers and clinicians at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Helsinki. Our group members work with all domestic animal species with a ...

An in-depth study of aspects of the physiology of reproduction and lactation in monogastric and ruminant animals. The emphasis is placed on applying the understanding of the physiological processes to ...