A major new study suggests that age-related changes in the uterus may contribute to poorer pregnancy outcomes, with women ...

Teeth from the Rising Star cave system are offering an unusual window into Homo naledi, one of the oddest branches on the human family tree. A new study suggests that every known skeleton of the ...

A major new study suggests that age-related changes in the uterus may contribute to poorer pregnancy outcomes, with women aged 49 and older experiencing lower live birth rates and higher miscarriage ...

Scientists extracted proteins from Homo naledi teeth for the first time and found evidence that only females were buried.

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

Among the many behaviours that have made penguins famous far beyond the icy regions they inhabit, few are as widely discussed ...

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 ...

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

For decades, we’ve thought that childbirth is uniquely challenging for humans, but it turns out that many other primates find ...