Many people trying to conceive focus on ovulation, but fertilisation does not always happen at the exact moment. This article ...

The journey of early pregnancy begins with fertilisation and continues as the embryo travels to the uterus. Timing plays a ...

ANY biologically aware parent who has started talking about the birds and the bees will have realised halfway through that what they are really discussing is flowers. Bees carry pollen grains from one ...

The first ‘test-tube’ baby turns 40 this month, but the impact of in vitro fertilisation extends far beyond solutions to fertility problems It sounds rather perverse and archaic today to call a child ...

Mature ova are released from the ovary into the oviduct where they may be fertilised by sperm to form a zygote. In humans, fertilisation happens inside the woman’s body. This is a process called ...

Simply sign up to the Climate change myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Next summer, if all goes to plan, shiploads of iron-rich dust will be distributed over the Pacific Ocean off the ...