A pair of long-eared owls were among the undoubted stars of Springwatch in 2025. For one thing, these birds look absolutely stunning, with their impressive ear tufts (not real ears) and fiery orange ...

Birds are some of nature’s most beautiful creatures — but a few of our feathered friends are truly bizarre — like these 25 weirdest birds in the world.

Researchers say today's AI platforms often default to common biases and stereotypes when prompted to generate images of people, including athletes. When prompted to create images of female and male ...

Not only is this species new to science, but this remarkable individual is the first record of a rare biological phenomenon (bilateral gynandromorphism) in this previously unknown species. One of the ...

College students are showing up with tote bags, wired ear buds and matcha lattes for a chance to win “performative male” contests that have popped up on campuses around the country. The goal in these ...

Biological sex is usually described in simple binary terms: male or female. This works well for germ cells (sperm versus eggs), but for other body organs it is of little help. A new study by the Max ...

The Minnesota Vikings' new male cheerleaders joined two of their female colleagues in a social media video that was filmed in a bathroom. The video, which was originally uploaded to TikTok by Vikings ...

There are key differences in how men and women respond to stress and process emotions and events through the nervous system. Amelia Chapman of Mind Body Amore says it’s not a one-size-fits-all ...

When it comes down to it, a good song is a good song. It doesn’t matter if one gender sings it over another, unless the song’s subject matter is relevant to gender in some way. However, it’s always a ...

The genes of male and female placentas have marked differences in how they are expressed, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other institutions. These ...

The study measured “rank” within the bonobo communities by tallying how many times females won conflicts with males. Females usually came out on top. Photograph by Christian Ziegler By banding ...

Ever been told to "just plug the male end into the female port" and suddenly felt like you missed a day in tech class and health class? You're not alone. Despite the oddly anatomical terminology, the ...