female

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Female Mexican fruit flies lay thousands of eggs in their lifetime.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

Female coaches, even at the top of the women's game, are a rarity.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

Female screwworm flies produce eggs only once in a lifetime, and once they mate with a sterile male fly, they’re done with their reproduction cycle without having any offspring.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

Female wasps began aggressively competing for dominance, and the colony's normal social structure quickly unraveled.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Troy Female Seminary, established in 1821 by Emma Willard, was the first secondary school in the country to provide women with an education equal to that offered to men.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling