Researchers who analyzed data from zoo animals found that it is not only genetics, but mating pressures that may determine ...

For generations, scientists have puzzled over why women tend to live longer than men. The gap — around five years on average ...

Women usually live longer than men, and animals show the same pattern. Evolution, genes, and parenting explain why.

Women tend to live longer than men, and while the extra years can be partially attributed to biology, behavioral differences ...

The reason why women typically get more days around the sun has stumped society throughout the ages, with consensus settling ...

International researchers looked into the common evolutionary traits of over 1,000 animals species as part of their study ...

A growing body of evidence suggests that women’s relative longevity may be linked to having double X chromosomes.

Women have an evolutionary advantage when it comes to living longer. They outlive men by about five years. This gender gap is ...

In most mammals, females live longer than males, but in birds the trend goes the other way – a study of over 1000 species ...

Sexual behavior is one reason why female mammals typically live longer than their male counterparts, according to a new study.

The surprising reasons behind this biological phenomenon have been revealed thanks to the largest study of its kind to date.