A recent study shows evidence of what scientists have feared for a long time: the effects of microplastics on human fertility. For the first time, scientists have discovered microplastics in the ...

Human eggs have been "rejuvenated" for the first time, an advance scientists say could revolutionise IVF success rates for ...

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

The soil roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans has just 959 cells and a body that is mostly gut and reproductive organs. Yet its reproduction is similar enough to ours that scientists like Francis McNally ...

Monthly birth and temperature data for a variety of states and countries are used to estimate the effect of short-run temperature fluctuations on fertility. Regressions of monthly births on a flexible ...

European Journal of Population, Vol. 37, No. 2 (APRIL 2021), pp. 417-441 (25 pages) Obtaining cross-country comparative perspectives on male fertility has long been difficult, as male fertility is ...

The male reproductive tract is a specialized environment that is inhabited by a diverse microbiota. Semen, which contains secretions from multiple glands and the testes, serves as a convergence point ...