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Evidence spanning environmental endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs), obesity and metabolic dysfunction, and testicular aging is integrated with emphasis on oxidative stress, endoplasmic reticulum stress, mitochondrial dysregulation, apoptosis, disrupted autophagy and mitophagy, and senescence-associated remodeling. Across model systems, toxicant exposure and metabolic stress converge on impaired organelle quality control and altered redox signaling, with downstream loss of steroidogenic capacity and, in some settings, premature senescence within the Leydig compartment. Aging further reshapes the testicular microenvironment through inflammatory shifts and biomechanical remodeling and may erode stem and progenitor Leydig cell homeostasis, thereby constraining regenerative potential. Single-cell transcriptomic atlases advance the field by resolving Leydig cell heterogeneity, nominating subsets that appear more vulnerable to stress and aging, and mapping age-dependent rewiring of interstitial cell-to-cell communication with Sertoli cells, peritubular myoid cells, vascular cells, and immune cells. Many mechanistic insights derive from rodent in vivo studies and in vitro platforms that include immortalized Leydig cell lines, and validation in human tissue and human clinical cohorts remains uneven. 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