As humankind moves toward establishing a long-term presence on the moon and Mars, the question of whether reproduction is possible in extraterrestrial environments may no longer be merely hypothetical ...

How do octopuses mate in the dark? A new study shows how the hectocotylus arm uses progesterone receptors to "taste" for a mate.

Floating in near-weightless conditions can be disorienting for even the most experienced astronauts. Male reproductive ...

Scientists warn that storage may cause sperm to lose quality over time, raising new concerns about fertility and conception ...

Their discoveries show how both resilient and fragile life can be in the absence of gravity. In low gravity, sperm lose their ...

India, March 31 -- Space reproduction may require more than just normal conditions-it needs direction, according to new ...

Research findings are available online in the journal Communications Biology. The original story “ Getting pregnant in space ...

Making babies in space may be more complicated than expected, as new research shows sperm struggle to navigate in microgravity. Scientists found that while sperm can still swim normally, they lose ...

Being able to reproduce both sexually and asexually gives the dragons an evolutionary edge, Garcia says. If no mate is handy, a female can bear sons parthenogenetically—and when they’re older, they ...

It’s just like coach used to say: practice makes perfect. Recent research suggests that regular masturbation and/or sex can ...

Sperm may lose their ability to navigate in microgravity, raising new questions about whether human reproduction is possible ...

For males, taking a “sexual rest” allows sperm to build up. This means that when mating occurs, there’s plenty of sperm ...