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

New research urges routine screening for female genital schistosomiasis, a neglected disease linked to HIV, cervical cancer, ...

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

That beacon was lit by Black women who insisted that the fights for racial justice and reproductive freedom were one and the ...

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

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

We've all heard of menopause: a supposedly terminal moment for the female reproductive system, in which the ovaries stop ...

A four-year ban handed to 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova for refusing a doping test has ignited a fierce debate ...