Producing follicles isn’t the only task for ovaries, new research suggests. (Steve Gschmeissner/Science Photo Library/Getty ...

As central female reproductive organs, the ovaries produce fertilizable eggs and generate the sex hormones estrogen and ...

In humans, that supply dwindles until menopause, when it goes bankrupt. Over the past two decades, scientists have identified ...

These social animals manage friendships, grudges, alliances, family politics, and power struggles that feel surprisingly ...

Across cultures and age groups, people consistently rate female faces as more attractive than male faces. A massive new data ...

Male pufferfish off the coast of Japan spend days sculpting radial sand formations that stretch roughly two meters across, ...

In Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Salma Musa recalls when many women around her rarely spoke openly about family planning. For some, the topic was sensitive. For others, it was ...

An election that begins by sidelining women will not produce a government that protects women. An election that treats ...

Female fertility depends on the successful growth and maturation of eggs (oocytes) within ovarian follicles. Within these ...

Female fertility depends on the successful growth and maturation of eggs (oocytes) within ovarian follicles. Within these ...

Successful reproduction presents a fundamental evolutionary paradox: the immune system must tolerate genetically foreign sperm and embryos while maintaining ...

The court upheld state laws in West Virginia and Idaho barring the participation of transgender female athletes from girls’ ...