Implantation, one of the most poorly understood phases of early human development, occurs in the depths of the womb, at a ...

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Barsh, Director-General of Gaza’s Ministry of Health, has revealed that monthly births have plummeted by 40 percent over the ...

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In the more than four years since the state of Texas significantly restricted access to abortion, medical researchers have been studying the health effects of that policy change. A growing body of ...

The discovery is the first direct observational confirmation of a theory for how young stars feed on, and then explosively expel, surrounding material.

The second egg is days past the 40-day benchmark for a successful hatch and the hope for a "Christmas Miracle" has come and ...

It's nearly a certainty that E26 will be an only eaglet. The second egg is days past the 40-day benchmark for a successful hatch and the hope for a "Christmas Miracle" has come and gone like so much ...

Large litters come at a cost, and domestic piglets are often born into intense competition for both milk and personal space.

Agricultural officials are encouraging beekeepers and others to look out for and report suspected sightings of yellow-legged hornets, which consume honey bees, native bees and some other insects.