The sperm race may be more of a team sport, with evolution repeatedly favoring microscopic cooperation. Credit: Stock. A new study by Syracuse University biologists examines how c ...

Learn more about this forgotten part of the ovary and how modern analysis reveal its functional part in the female reproductive system.

Diagnosis of women’s chronic kidney disease (CKD) is often delayed, and they are less likely to begin dialysis or receive a ...

Some female animals living in groups raise offspring that are not their own, sometimes without reproducing themselves. While the behavior of cooperatively breeding species is well documented, some ...

As anti-rights actors have consolidated political power in the US, restrictions on sexual and reproductive health and rights have expanded through judicial, legislative, legal, and fiscal mechanisms.

Infections can affect fertility in both females and males by causing inflammation, scarring, blockages, and changes in ...

Women live longer but not always healthier. Experts explain how menopause, ovarian aging and midlife health can shape ...

For most women, the body begins to change dramatically in their 40s or 50s. This transition, known as menopause, is defined as 12 consecutive months without a menstrual period, marking the end of the ...

Aging affects every organ in the body, yet we still know little about how the ovary changes over time. In a new study published in Nature Aging, Yale researchers created one of the most detailed maps ...

In “Reproductive Wrongs,” the classicist Sarah Ruden traces efforts to exert political control over family planning back 2,000 years. By Jennifer Szalai When you purchase an independently reviewed ...