To say that eggs grow only in females and sperm grow only in males seems a pretty uncontroversial statement. But Japanese researchers have shown that it's not as simple as that, by nurturing female ...

Female fertility is a complex and fascinating process influenced by various biological factors. One of the most critical aspects of fertility is the ovarian reserve – essentially, the number and ...

What Is the Female Reproductive System? The female reproductive system is designed to carry out several functions. It produces the female egg cells, called the ova or oocytes, which are necessary for ...

New study on roundworms finds that exposure to male pheromones slows down aging of female eggs. Pheromone exposure decreased offspring death and chromosomal abnormalities by twofold. Male pheromones ...

A new study has found that slow-swimming sperm are disadvantaged by narrow areas of the female reproductive tract, preventing them from reaching an egg. Less active sperm may never have the chance to ...

Balboula and his team also discovered a possible solution. In the study, they found that by boosting or stimulating the process of autophagy in female eggs, they were able to improve egg quality by ...

A baby shark is raising eyebrows in Italy because it was born to a mother who hasn't had contact with a male for at least a decade. The rare "miracle" has yet to be confirmed through DNA analysis, but ...