For a long time, having children has been a young person’s game. Although ancient records are sparse, researchers estimate that, for most of human history, women most typically conceived their first ...

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2013, file photo, an in vitro fertilization embryologist works on a petri dish at a fertility clinic in London. Tens of thousands of people undergo in vitro fertilization every ...

Researchers have uncovered how successful chromosome segregation during sexual reproduction is achieved in plants. The ...

A 31-year study by the University of Granada shows that the COVID lockdown led to the highest-ever recorded breeding success for the endangered Bonelli’s eagle. With human activity reduced, the rare ...

Artificial wombs, devices that can gestate human embryos outside the body, have shifted from speculative fiction to the brink ...

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Only about one out of three conceptions leads to birth. 1 Approximately a third of embryos fail to attach to the uterus, while another third is lost after the embryo implants. “Human reproduction is ...