Anti-androgen drugs block androgen hormones, such as testosterone. People can use them for many purposes, like slowing prostate cancer and minimizing the masculinizing effects of certain hormones.

Stellers are the largest of all sea lions and they have an appetite to match. These giant pinnipeds hunt fish, squid, octopus and, rarely, smaller seals. They are found off northern Pacific coasts ...

In CAH, the absence of a critical enzyme allows a 46,XX fetus to produce androgens, resulting in ambiguous external genitals. A CAH individual may have an oversized clitoris and fused labia.

Female androgens are derived from either the adrenal and peripheral conversion of the adrenal sex steroid precursor, dehydroepiandrosterone, or from direct ovarian production. Adrenal ...

Sep. 26, 2024 — Sea robins are unusual animals with the body of a fish, wings of a bird, and walking legs of a crab. Now, researchers show that the legs of the sea robin aren't just used for ...

Sea dragons are some of the most ornately camouflaged creatures on the planet. Adorned with gossamer, leaf-shaped appendages over their entire bodies, they are perfectly outfitted to blend in with ...

Elizabeth Quill is a senior editor for Smithsonian magazine. The scientist behind NASA's New Horizons mission gave cheering earthlings their first close-up view of the dwarf planet Found in the ...

The overall theme of the high-level meeting will be “Addressing the threats posed by sea-level rise”. Taking place on the heels of the Summit of the Future, the high-level meeting will focus ...

Many deep-sea creatures give out blue light called bioluminescence - but the stoplight loosejaw emits red light as well. This light is invisible to both prey and predators, and probably acts like a ...

A low centre over southern North Sea will continue to bring rain and strong winds to most, with gales at first in far southeast, before it slowly moves away southeast over the Continent later ...

A sailor went to sea, sea, sea, To see what he could see, see, see. But all that he could see, see, see, Was the bottom of the deep blue sea, sea, sea. A sailor went to sea, sea, sea, To see what ...

The robots’ task is to better understand how rapidly ice is melting — and how quickly that could cause catastrophic sea level rise. In March, scientists from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...