Although their role in fertility is well known, data supporting suggestions that the seminal vesicles might be involved in sexual activity and sex drive have so far proved elusive. Now a study ...

Most of us remember that awkward class in school. It all starts with “when a man and a woman decide to make a baby…” and ends with some variation on birth control methods. Somewhere along the line, ...

THERE’S more to semen than sperm. In many animals, seminal fluid alters both the bodies and sometimes even the behaviour of females. Human semen, too, triggers changes in the uterus, and might have ...

Sperm are male reproductive (sex) cells. The word "sperm" can refer to spermatozoon (singular) or spermatozoa (plural). Sperm are tiny cells with an oval-shaped body and a long tail. They measure just ...

Testosterone promotes the conversion of glucose to fatty acids by increasing the expression of ACLY in seminal vesicle epithelial cells, thereby regulating the seminal plasma components.

Semen is a fluid that is composed of sperm as well as fluids from the prostate and other glands. The resulting seminal fluid or ejaculate passes through several ducts on its way to the urethra. First, ...

As males age, their reproductive success typically declines. A study on fruit flies, led by University of Oxford researchers, has found that while old males do produce fewer offspring than young males ...