The potato is one of the world's food staples, first cultivated thousands of years ago in the Andes region of South America ...

A new study finds the potato evolved from a wild tomato hybrid 9 million years ago, revealing tuber origins and new potential ...

Scientists have traced the potato's origin back nine million years, revealing it arose from a chance hybridization between a ...

Have you ever heard of or seen a sea salp? While like jellyfish, they are unique in different ways. Read here to learn more ...

What do you get when a tomato and a tuber-less plant meet in the Andes? A potato, nature’s starchy lovechild and one of ...

July 28 marks World Nature Conservation Day – a moment to focus on especially vulnerable habitats, such as coral reefs. These biodiverse ecosystems are not only fascinating but also vital indicators ...

This spreading network of natural habitat formed through asexual reproduction revealed genetic data that proved it to be the ...

Mice with two fathers and no mother have now had offspring of their own. The study is a breakthrough in androgenesis – that is, asexual reproduction using only genetic material from male animals ...

The asexual flag was created in 2010. Here is what to know about the asexual Pride flag from its colors' meanings to its history.

Though her pregnancy was unexpected, it was discovered that Charlotte had gone through parthenogensis – which is asexual reproduction that usually happens with invertebres.

Charlotte the stingray is still pregnant through parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction where an egg is fertilized without sperm.