An expectant mom took “hands-free” to a whole new level on Monday when she gave birth in the back seat of driverless Waymo ...

The animal kingdom is fantastic and full of surprises. Many animals have unique names for their young. These nicknames often sound cute and fit the baby animal perfectly. Think about animals on a farm ...

Sometimes, the expecting mothers deliver on boats or the riverbanks due to delays in crossing flooded sections of routes to ...

Humans are far closer to meerkats and beavers for levels of exclusive mating than we are to most of our primate cousins, ...

Most water births happen in softly lit rooms, with midwives, tubs, and carefully calibrated temperatures. This one began in a ...

Two Amur tiger cubs, one male and one female, have been born in the Moscow Zoo’s Rare Animal Breeding Center. The parents of the newborn cubs, tigers Shiva and Amur-Orion, previously lived in the wild ...

The nature documentary series uses new research and photorealistic CGI to bring the huge, bizarre animals of the Ice Age back ...

Many mammals deliver in minutes after long pregnancies. See which species have the quickest births to help newborns thrive.

In the animal kingdom, pregnancy rarely follows the rules, with many species being pregnant for a year or more.

Being a mother is a tremendous accomplishment and one of the most challenging jobs in the world. This applies even in the ...

The belief that children cannot feel pain lasted well into the 1980s. It was common for them to undergo surgery while ...

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is celebrating a conservation milestone, the facility is expecting its first Asian elephant calf in nearly 25 years who will help prov ...