Eiderdown is the soft under feathers of the common eider, used to protect it from arctic conditions and freezing cold seas. During the breeding season, this down naturally sheds, and the female ...
The eider, twice as heavy as a mallard, is Europe’s biggest duck. On leaving the nest, the female covers her eggs in down ...
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a reality in Europe: 600,000 girls and women, mainly from Africa and Asia, have been been subjected to it. Worldwide, the figure is at 230 million. FGM refers to ...
It is found in both indigenous and sophisticated cultures around the world. Female infanticide is the deliberate killing of girl babies. It is also described as gender-selective killing or ...
Ramirez are creating brilliant work that can’t be grouped into the often limiting cis-male/-female category—and that’s something to be celebrated. Why, then, do we persist in specifically ...
The parts of the human female reproductive system. The bladder empties into the urethra but they are not part of the reproductive system ...
The common eider nests in colonies on islands of the St. Lawrence estuary. The down that the female duck takes to fill her nest has exceptional insulating properties. ‘Living with COVID-19 ...
Taylor Swift has made charts history, becoming the female artist with the most albums to have reached number one in the UK. Lover (Live From Paris) netted Swift her 13th number one album on the UK ...