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 ...

For years, humans have treated breast milk as the gold standard of mammalian nutrition, a uniquely complex fluid tailored to ...

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

Vitamin B12 helps build your baby's brain and body. Here's why it's important during pregnancy and how to make sure you're ...

Few sights feel sweeter than a baby seal meeting water for the first time. In one widely shared Instagram reel, a fuzzy, fat ...

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You won’t be drinking it any time soon, but the aquatic mammal’s milk is much more chemically complex than that of other mammals, including humans.

Across the planet, animals are increasingly suffering from chronic illnesses once seen only in humans. Cats, dogs, cows, and even marine life are facing rising rates of cancer, diabetes, arthritis, ...

The patient is an older adult with underlying health conditions. A Washington state resident has tested positive for bird flu, marking the first human case confirmed in the U.S. in nine months. The ...

Nine further sets of human remains have been recovered during the ongoing forensic excavation at the site of the former Mother and Baby Institution in Tuam, Co Galway. Two sets of remains were ...

Teeth help animals bite and chew food. Meat-eating carnivores tend to have sharp teeth to sink into their prey, while herbivores tend to have flatter teeth to grind down their plant-based meals. Some ...

In today’s installment of “hey please don’t do that,” the Wall Street Journal reports that a clandestine startup named Preventive is trying to usher in the first known birth of a genetically-modified ...