With a new imaging technique, UC San Francisco scientists discover an ecosystem that determines how eggs mature and ovaries ...

Nature is full of evolutionary selflessness. From deep-sea octopuses to certain marsupials, there are animals and insects ...

Among mammals, females generally live longer. The recent comparative study examined 528 mammal species in zoos and found that ...

New research from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the University of Turku reveals that female ...

Even within the world of egg-laying animals, there is an incredible variety of reproductive strategies. Some species mate before the female lays her eggs, ensuring they are fertilized internally, ...

Sexual behavior is one reason why female mammals typically live longer than their male counterparts, according to a new study ...

Scientists have created gene-edited pigs, goats and cattle to produce sperm with traits such as disease resistance and higher meat quality in what they say is a step towards genetically enhancing ...

Confident Turkish women are facing increasing restrictions, as female artists who do not conform to the government's image of women are being targeted by the justice system. Now, the girl band ...

A female science teacher has apologized after students complained when she fed a live kitten to a snake in the classroom. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) issued a blistering ...

Heads turned, eyes stared, and jaws dropped as if they had never seen a mini-cow on a boat trolling through Pinellas County waters. Two cats from Furkids Animal Rescue remain missing after a deadly ...

In Brisbane, Australia in 2001, a telecommunications worker was sent to the hospital for an insect sting that was burning severely. The red fire ant, native to South America and notorious both for its ...

The vulva is the external genitalia in the female reproductive system. Vestibular area - This lies between the hymen and Hart's line. There are linings with non-keratinized squamous epithelium. Within ...