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Winning the Derby changes anyone’s life, but it’s magnified when you make history, as DeVaux did by becoming the first female trainer to win the world’s most famous horse race.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Where the former implemented carefully considered, brief glimpses of its female lead to shade her character’s textures, “Obsession” stops caring about Nikki the moment her silhouette is completed.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2026

The findings suggest that both male and female belugas reproduce with multiple partners over the course of their lives.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Some female fireflies, including those of the Smokies synchronous variety, stay on the ground while the males fly around.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Ellet was that rare thing in the nineteenth century, not only a female author but one who had written about both women and scandals before.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock