Even tiny muscles around the ears hint at our evolutionary past. In many mammals, tiny ear muscles allow the outer ear (pinna ...

Childbirth is often described as one of humanity’s defining biological challenges, but new research suggests the story is far ...

The number of babies born in the United States fell again last year. According to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 3.6 million births in 2025, a 1% decline from ...

Q: How real is birth tourism? A: The government doesn’t provide estimates of the extent of so-called birth tourism — pregnant women coming to the U.S. on tourism visas in order to obtain birthright ...

Everyone loves the music they grew up with. But what about the years before you can remember? Explore the top Billboard albums from your birth year (1956-1980) to experience the pop culture your ...

The teenage birth rate in the U.S. fell by 7% in 2025, continuing decades of decline, according to a report published Thursday by the National Center for Health Statistics. "A 7% decline is really ...

A lawyer for the Trump administration during arguments at the Supreme Court leaned hard on his claim that so-called birth tourism is strong evidence that the U.S. policy of automatically giving ...

The term refers to pregnant women who travel to the United States to give birth so that their baby can have American citizenship. By Amy Qin When the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Wednesday ...

“Not only did we capture such an amazing dataset, but we actually knew each of these whales,” says marine biologist David Gruber, who leads Project CETI, a nonprofit based partly in the Caribbean ...

The marine mammals act like midwives, supporting mothers and their calves through delivery. Sperm whales swim off the coast of Dominica, where, in July 2023, Project CETI scientists witnessed a rare ...