Men’s brains shrink faster with age, yet women remain far more likely to develop Alzheimer’s — and no one fully knows why.

U.S. Census data shows no systematic age differences between men and women in the workforce over the past decade. And ...

On average, females live longer than males almost everywhere in the world, and have done so throughout most of history. While ...

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 ...

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

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

Across mammal species, from baboons and gorillas up to humans, females usually live longer than the males do. However, this ...

Around the world, women on average live longer than men. This striking pattern holds true across nearly all countries and historical time periods. Although the gap between the sexes has narrowed in ...