Credit: Getty Images Aging exerts detrimental physiologic, histologic, and functional effects on the endometrial extracellular matrix and on oocyte quality, impairing conception and implantation. With ...

Ovulation often occurs in week 2 of the menstrual cycle and marks the time when the body reaches its highest fertility. During this phase, hormones work together to prepare the ovary to release an egg ...

Ovulation marks a significant turning point in your menstrual cycle, often associated with fertility and new beginnings. Yet many people wonder what truly happens after the egg is released. But how ...

There are about 1,000 tiny hairs on an elephant’s rugged trunk, all designed to help the animal feel, a new study found. By Alexa Robles-Gil Every elephant has about 1,000 whiskers on its trunk. They ...

Archaeologists say a 2,200-year-old specimen is the first direct evidence of how the Carthaginian war machine used the giant mammals in the Punic Wars. By Franz Lidz A 2,200-year-old bone unearthed ...

Young elephants have a lot to learn—what to eat, what to avoid, how to behave around others. When they grow up around their mother and aunts, their development into well-behaved adults may seem ...

An elephant has about 1,000 whiskers on its trunk. Basile Morin via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY-4.0 Elephants are famous for their dexterous trunks, which the animals use to eat, drink, trumpet and ...

An elephant foot bone found by archaeologists digging in southern Spain may be evidence that a troop of war elephants stomped through ancient Europe. It would be the first concrete proof of the ...