Pope Francis Calls For Global Ban on Surrogacy The pope said that an unborn child must not be “turned into an object of trafficking,” expanding his condemnation of a practice already illegal in Italy and some other European countries.
Flowers Are Evolving to Have Less Sex As the number of bees and other pollinators falls, field pansies are adapting by fertilizing their own seeds, a new study found.
Why Anonymous Sperm Donation Is Over, and Why That Matters Activists are trying to end secrecy for sperm and egg donors — a campaign that troubles some L.G.B.T.Q. families.
Bats Discovered to Have Sex in a Way That’s Similar to Birds Bats have long been known for unusual forms of sexual reproduction, and a new study adds another surprise to the behaviors of the winged mammals.
Same-Sex Behavior Evolved in Many Mammals to Reduce Conflict, Study Suggests But the researchers cautioned that the work could not shed much light on sexual orientation in humans.