reproductive

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As early animals adapted to new habitats and new reproductive strategies, species diversification accelerated.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

“We measure fertility rates in real time, but women live their reproductive lives across decades,” says Bailey.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

It has many tools to persecute people who exercise or facilitate reproductive freedom within its borders.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

Hantavirus cases can occur year-round, but the peak seasons in the United States are in the spring and summer, which coincide with the reproductive seasons for deer mice.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Those facts of reproductive biology vexed early farmers, because, as soon as they had located a productive mutant plant, its offspring would cross-breed with other plant individuals and thereby lose their inherited advantage.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond