Babies

The 14-foot great hammerhead washed ashore on a beach in Alabama. Researchers have since dissected the expectant mother but are unsure exactly what killed her.

In rare cases, COVID-19 can cause fetal brain damage during pregnancy, a case report suggests.

Most female mammals have a finite number of egg cells and become less fertile with age, but naked mole-rats seem to be eternally fertile. Now, researchers think they've cracked how these weird mammals do it.

Which of the 12 months has the most births? And why do babies tend to be born at certain times of the year?

This phenomenon is called "superfetation."

Milk isn't the same across species. Here's the science of why babies shouldn't drink cow's milk until they're older.

Those with the fastest rate of growth of the amygdala had the most severe symptoms of autism.

Fetuses show preliminary facial expressions that look like cries starting around 24 to 35 weeks. These facial movements of crying are soundless and too subtle to be felt by the mother.

Fetuses don't breathe oxygen in utero, so how do newly born babies figure it out?

In a new analysis, researchers compared hundreds of such cases across primate species.