Evolutionarily speaking, the ultimate goal of a lifeform is to reproduce and stave off extinction. Many plants and animals ...

Childbirth depends not just on hormones, but on the uterus’s ability to sense physical force. Scientists found that pressure ...

Sage grouse rely on one of the most visually striking courtship displays in the animal world. Males inflate large chest sacs, producing sounds and movements designed to attract selective females.

As the climate changes, scientists are concerned about how well plants and animals will adapt to rapid warming. A new ...

Molecular mechanism uncovered in mice by UC Santa Cruz researchers reveals how a father’s diet, stress, and other ...

Two wombs, a forked penis, and giving birth through the nose. These are just a few of the bizarre stories circulating about ...

Scientists are making inroads in understanding one of the central mysteries of human reproduction: Why do women’s eggs ...

Some plants bend the rules of plant life so far that they barely resemble plants at all. Balanophora is one of them - a ...

Human Reproduction is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of human reproduction, including reproductive physiology and pathology, endocrinology, andrology, gonad function, ...

At 10 one-millionths of a meter wide, a single human cell is tiny. But something even smaller exerts an enormous influence on everything a cell does: proton concentration, or pH. On the microscopic ...

Researchers have captured the very first real-time, three-dimensional images and videos of a human embryo implanting into synthetic uterine tissue—revealing a key stage in reproduction. The resulting ...