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

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

Nuttida Rungratsameetaweemana is challenging a story neuroscience has told for decades. According to the conventional account, our eyes collect raw information and relay it through a series of nerves ...

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 ...

Males of the species Drosophila melanogaster pack thousands of almost two-millimeter-long sperm cells into significantly smaller storage organs. A new study reveals how they move in an orderly manner ...

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

Reproductive history genetic health risk is deeper than lifestyle choices. A FinnGen preprint posted June 9, 2026 finds that ...

Pollinators provide pollination to over 180,000 different plant species and more than 1,200 crops vital to humans. Fisher ...

Starting one's sex life and having children at a young age can run in the family. But can pregnancy have beneficial health ...

Why do so many men only think about fertility when there is a problem? Perhaps the answer lies in our societal scripts.

The prostate is a walnut-sized gland located under the bladder and next to the rectum of people assigned male at birth (AMAB). It surrounds the urethra, a tube that transports urine from the bladder ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! One of the most common conditions affecting women — an estimated 1 in 10 worldwide — ...