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All-Female Fish Should Have Gone Extinct Without Males Thousands Of Years Ago – But Haven’t, Thanks To Nifty GeneticsA man stares through a clear fish tank with two small fish at the top

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All-Female Fish Should Have Gone Extinct Without Males Thousands Of Years Ago – But Haven’t, Thanks To Nifty GeneticsA man stares through a clear fish tank with two small fish at the top
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All-Female Fish Should Have Gone Extinct Without Males Thousands Of Years Ago – But Haven’t, Thanks To Nifty Genetics

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China Is Growing Artificial Human Embryos In Space To Learn More About Reproduction Beyond EarthHuman embryo

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China Is Growing Artificial Human Embryos In Space To Learn More About Reproduction Beyond EarthHuman embryo
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China Is Growing Artificial Human Embryos In Space To Learn More About Reproduction Beyond Earth

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Why Don't Humans Have A Mating Season? Actually, Wait – Do We Have A Mating Season??shot from the end of a bed with two people's feet sticking out under the duvet; there's a window behind the bed showing a wintry snowy scene

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Why Don't Humans Have A Mating Season? Actually, Wait – Do We Have A Mating Season??shot from the end of a bed with two people's feet sticking out under the duvet; there's a window behind the bed showing a wintry snowy scene
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Why Don't Humans Have A Mating Season? Actually, Wait – Do We Have A Mating Season??

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For The First Time, Men May Be Having Fewer Children On Average Than Womenman drawing with young girl

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For The First Time, Men May Be Having Fewer Children On Average Than Womenman drawing with young girl
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For The First Time, Men May Be Having Fewer Children On Average Than Women

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For The First Time Ever, Scientists Have Mapped All The Nerves In The Clitorisbright pink 3D model of a clitoris on a black background

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For The First Time Ever, Scientists Have Mapped All The Nerves In The Clitorisbright pink 3D model of a clitoris on a black background
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For The First Time Ever, Scientists Have Mapped All The Nerves In The Clitoris

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Sperm Loses Its Sense Of Direction In Microgravity – No Space Babies For Us Just YetIllustration of lots of little white sperm all swimming in one direction following a leader.

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Sperm Loses Its Sense Of Direction In Microgravity – No Space Babies For Us Just YetIllustration of lots of little white sperm all swimming in one direction following a leader.
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Sperm Loses Its Sense Of Direction In Microgravity – No Space Babies For Us Just Yet

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Men Who Ejaculate More Frequently May Have Better Quality SpermA digital photo showing sperm cells clustered together on a blue background.

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Men Who Ejaculate More Frequently May Have Better Quality SpermA digital photo showing sperm cells clustered together on a blue background.
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Men Who Ejaculate More Frequently May Have Better Quality Sperm

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Fewer Than 100 Mules Have Given Birth Since 1527 CE: Here's Whymule in a field with a foal

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Fewer Than 100 Mules Have Given Birth Since 1527 CE: Here's Whymule in a field with a foal
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Fewer Than 100 Mules Have Given Birth Since 1527 CE: Here's Why

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We Have No Idea If It’s Safe To Have Babies In Space, Experts Warnbaby in space

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We Have No Idea If It’s Safe To Have Babies In Space, Experts Warnbaby in space
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We Have No Idea If It’s Safe To Have Babies In Space, Experts Warn

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A Common Condition Makes The Surinam Toad Pure Nightmare Fuel For Some Peoplesurinam toad with eggs on her back

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A Common Condition Makes The Surinam Toad Pure Nightmare Fuel For Some Peoplesurinam toad with eggs on her back
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A Common Condition Makes The Surinam Toad Pure Nightmare Fuel For Some People

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Which Animals Mate For Life?Two pengiuns mating in a colony with blue sky

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Which Animals Mate For Life?Two pengiuns mating in a colony with blue sky
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Which Animals Mate For Life?

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A Killer Whale Birth Has Been Captured On Camera In The Wild For The First TimeTwo orca swimming in a blue sea

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A Killer Whale Birth Has Been Captured On Camera In The Wild For The First TimeTwo orca swimming in a blue sea
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A Killer Whale Birth Has Been Captured On Camera In The Wild For The First Time

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COVID-19 Can Alter Sperm And Affect Brain Development In Offspring, Causing Anxious Behavior3D illustration of green sperm cells and a DNA molecule

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COVID-19 Can Alter Sperm And Affect Brain Development In Offspring, Causing Anxious Behavior3D illustration of green sperm cells and a DNA molecule
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COVID-19 Can Alter Sperm And Affect Brain Development In Offspring, Causing Anxious Behavior

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These Are The Only Animals Known To Incubate Eggs In Their Stomachs And Give “Birth” Out Their Mouthsa gastric brooding frog specimen preserved, it's in a museum

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These Are The Only Animals Known To Incubate Eggs In Their Stomachs And Give “Birth” Out Their Mouthsa gastric brooding frog specimen preserved, it's in a museum
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These Are The Only Animals Known To Incubate Eggs In Their Stomachs And Give “Birth” Out Their Mouths

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The World’s Oldest Known Snake In Captivity Became A Mom At 62 – No Dad Requiredthe oldest snake in a zoo on record was a ball python, this is a ball python in leaves

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The World’s Oldest Known Snake In Captivity Became A Mom At 62 – No Dad Requiredthe oldest snake in a zoo on record was a ball python, this is a ball python in leaves
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The World’s Oldest Known Snake In Captivity Became A Mom At 62 – No Dad Required

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