Iron oxide particles adorned with “sticky” molecules trap estrogen in water, possibly limiting the hormone’s harmful effects on aquatic life.

Low iron levels can flip the genetic switch on a mouse's sex during development, causing XY embryos to grow female features.

In mice, a lack of maternal iron impairs an iron-dependent enzyme that activates the male sex-determining gene, causing some XY embryos to develop ovaries.

Exposure to estrogen puts fish at greater risk of disease and premature death, according to a new federal study. The U.S. Geological Survey study showed that estrogen exposure reduces a fish's ...

Sometimes also called ovarian estrogen, the secretion of estrogen "begins around the time of puberty" and continues throughout reproductive life − "puberty to menopause," says Cynthia Stuenkel ...