We used to think post-menopausal ovaries sat inert in the body, but evidence from mice suggests they may instead turn into an ...

Queen Margaret University has awarded an honorary doctorate to leading human rights activist Fatou Baldeh MBE.

A major transition in evolution is the shift from asexual to sexual reproduction in early organisms. But why would a yeast ...

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

Carolina Granthon, who worked at the World Center for Birds of Prey, wanted to know what made a good condor egg.

Female mammals have long thought to be born with all the eggs they would ever have, but new research is challenging that consensus ...

For months, he and his team had watched the snake using a transmitter and a trail camera. “I’m just kind of following this ...

But as well as starring returning cast members Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest and fresh faces Maisie Williams and Joey ...

A new study of wild bats reveals that an animal's immune system is shaped by more than its need to fight infections. Researchers from the University of Maryland have found that sex, age and ...

Rather than shying away from technology, female rangers across the continent are combining it with local knowledge to help both wildlife and communities thrive. Holly Budge meets five women who are wo ...

For a great many women in India, the decision to see a doctor turns on something that has little to do with the illness itself. Will there be a woman in the room? That one question can settle whether ...

Women are blamed for fewer babies being born but fertility decisions are more complex than sperm meets egg. It’s time to end ...