A global study of over 1,100 species reveals an evolutionary reason why females consistently live longer than males.

Women live longer than men - except when males don't play the field, suggests a new study. Females tend to have greater longevity among species with strong competition for mates – as is the case with ...

Men really do tend to have a better sense of direction than women, which is probably due to differences in how they were raised rather than improved navigational skills being an evolutionary trait.

We now have a better idea of why women live longer than men, on average, thanks to the most comprehensive analysis yet of the differences in lifespan between male and female mammals and birds. The ...

An international team of researchers led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, working with 15 collaborators around the world, has conducted the most ...