In the 1970s, two of England's most high profile rock stars David Bowie and Jimmy Page bonded over a shared interest in the ...

Ophelia Lovibond and Jacob Anderson lead 'Still Life,' a short film exploring life after stillbirth, directed by Sophie King.

I have been reading exposés about the free birth movement for nearly as long as I have been covering women’s health. The movement’s adherents are women who give birth without trained medical ...

Doula-assisted childbirths have been associated with better health outcomes, including fewer complications for mothers and their newborns. With the goal of improving health outcomes, Michigan has made ...

A small but growing number of pregnant women are choosing to give birth without any assistance from a midwife or doctor, trusting instead in influencers’ tales of the “euphoria” of a “free birth”. A ...

Copperhead snake bites surged in Mississippi over the summer, but you’re less likely to get bit — or even see a copperhead — during the colder months, wildlife experts said. Copperhead bites made up ...

Pregnancies in women with systemic sclerosis (SSc) showed a 91.4% live birth rate, but women with SSc had higher rates of adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as preeclampsia, preterm birth, and severe ...

Some folks may say one good thing about the cold weather is no copperheads. That’s right, across much of South Carolina copperheads and other snakes have entered what’s called brumation. It’s when ...

Scientists have newly described three extraordinary species of tree toad that leapfrog over the egg-to-tadpole stage. The females give birth on land to dozens of toadlets, each measuring just a few ...

Winter in Georgia means cooler temperatures, fewer insects and no more snake sightings. Well, maybe everything except that last part. It seems like copperheads in Georgia disappear during the winter, ...

Three newly-identified toad species in Tanzania give birth to live young, skipping the frogspawn and tadpole stages — an "exceptionally rare" trait among toads and frogs. When you purchase through ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...