Five donated ovaries were used to carry out genetic mapping for the study - STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY RF Artificial ovaries are on the horizon after scientists created the first ...

Many women freeze their eggs to increase their chances of having children later — but that's not always a possibility. (Photo: Getty; designed by Quinn Lemmers) Ahead, women whose frozen eggs didn't ...

Egg cells are by far the largest cells produced by most organisms. In humans, they are several times larger than a typical body cell and about 10,000 times larger than sperm cells. There's a reason ...

One of America's most recognized and experienced broadcast journalists, Lesley Stahl has been a "60 Minutes" correspondent since 1991. While birth rates in the United States are near historic lows, ...

Investigators have employed mutant mice to study how the accumulation of genetic errors is managed during egg and sperm formation. Sometimes the best way to understand a biological process is to ...

A fossilized dinosaur egg discovered in central India has turned out to be even stranger than it first appeared. Inside the ...

Have you ever wondered why chicken eggs can be different colors? While most eggs are white or brown, they also come in colors like cream, pink, blue and green. In addition — and this is no “yolk” — ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) – A local chicken is producing eggs inside other eggs continuously on a family chicken coop in Idaho Falls. The Rosenkrance family got their first set of chickens back in May ...

Artificial ovaries are on the horizon after scientists created the first cellular-level map of human egg formation. The University of Michigan used five donated ovaries to carry out state-of-the-art ...

The process of egg formation in fruit flies relies on physical phenomena analogous to the exchange of gases between balloons of different sizes, according to a new study by biologists and ...