Across mammal species, from baboons and gorillas up to humans, females usually live longer than the males do. However, this pattern is not universal throughout the animal kingdom. Males are the longer ...

The researchers also found that the sex most involved in raising offspring tends to have a greater lifespan. In longer-lived ...

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 ...

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

A growing body of evidence suggests that women’s relative longevity may be linked to having double X chromosomes.