Animal reproduction and breeding encompasses the full spectrum of natural, assisted and genetic processes that underpin the perpetuation, improvement and conservation of species across diverse taxa.

Over the past century, worldwide consumption of food-animal products such as meat, milk, and eggs has steadily grown due to increases in global population and per capita income that fuel demand for ...

DEAR READERS: In a 1928 campaign advertisement, the Republican Party touted a period of "Republican prosperity" that had provided "a chicken in every pot." Today, through selective breeding and ...

Selective breeding has reshaped livestock into some of the world's most productive animals, but new research suggests these ...