sperm

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During an aerial survey last August, the New England Aquarium documented more than 1,000 marine animals in the area, including an endangered fin whale and calf, an endangered sperm whale, pilot whales, and a wide array of other whales, dolphins, and rays.

From Barron's

She also hopes to tell her husband soon that she's pregnant using the sperm the couple had frozen specially at a clinic, just a few days before Vitaliy was killed.

From BBC

Rather than becoming more complex by adding new genes, termites evolved advanced social behavior by shedding genes, including those associated with sperm competition.

From Science Daily

Some of the most revealing genetic losses involved genes responsible for forming the tail, or flagellum, of sperm.

From Science Daily

Unlike cockroaches and most animals, termite sperm lack tails and are unable to swim.

From Science Daily