Black women face a continuum of inequity that shape who advances, who is extracted, and who endures the costs of ...

On November 26, Sasha DiGiulian of the U.S. did the first female free ascent of the Platinum Wall, a 914m route on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park. Also known as the Direct Line, it has 39 to 40 ...

The Roman Empire is famous for its arenas like the Colosseum where gladiators fought each other in gory skirmishes. But were any of these gladiators ever women? Several lines of evidence, including ...

The female reproductive system is made up of the parts that are inside and outside the body that help a female make a baby. Both the female and male reproductive system are needed for this. The female ...

Credit: Getty Images The gut microbiome influences women’s hormones, fertility, and reproductive disorders, which may offer new insights into women’s overall well-being. The gut microbiome — a complex ...

1 Department of Gynecological Oncology, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Beijing, China 2 Department of ...

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS: Michelle Obama is catching serious heat after saying that creating life is “the least” of what a woman’s reproductive system does. On a new episode of her podcast 'IMO with ...

Former first lady Michelle Obama said this week that a woman's ability to carry the gift of life is "the least of" what the female reproductive system can do, drawing criticism from pro-life activists ...

For years, a mysterious tangle of tissue lurking beneath the ovary has been dismissed, absent from anatomy charts and medical textbooks. But a new study suggests that this tissue, long thought to be a ...

Female bonobos team up to suppress male aggression against them -- the first evidence of animals deploying this strategy. In 85% of observed coalitions, females collectively targeted males, forcing ...

A small organ in the female body is now linked to fertility. Credit: Sara Neff / CC BY 2.0 A once-ignored organ of the female reproductive system may play a far greater role in fertility than ...