For most living things, sexual reproduction has proven the best overall ... In addition, a single female can establish a new population. This gives asexual creatures on the fringes of a habitat ...

Cells can replicate themselves. The ability to reproduce is part of what defines cells as living things. This single characteristic also helps explain many other phenomena of life as we know it ...

Biological robots made from frog cells can replicate by smooshing loose cells into new robots—a reproduction method not seen in any other organism. Chloe Tenn is a graduate of North Carolina State ...