Despite the steady increase in women pursuing careers in STEM - rising from approximately 8% of the research workforce in 1970 to nearly 30% today - women ...

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

China has delivered the world's first human artificial embryo models to orbit to test how microgravity affects human ...

In a recent review published in Antioxidants, researchers described the implications of exposure to air pollutants on male fertility parameters and sexual health. They further discussed the potential ...

Male and female reproductive systems allow human reproduction. Fertilisation occurs when a sperm and egg join to form an embryo. An embryo develops into an unborn baby in the uterus during pregnancy.

Scientists used modified egg and stem cells to create female mice with two mothers. These fatherless mice grew up to have babies of their own (through more typical means of conception). Le-Yun Wang / ...

We’re on the cusp of a technological revolution in baby making. What it means to be a family could be next. By Debora L. Spar Ms. Spar is the author of the forthcoming “Work Mate Marry Love: How ...

Spotted hyenas live in hierarchically organized groups (clans). An individual's dominance over another determines priority access to resources such as food or mating partners, and thus reproductive ...

Box jellyfish are often feared as dangerous animals, with some species capable of causing severe or even fatal stings.