Read why Svalbard, a remote Norwegian town near the North Pole, bans birth and death in the region. Visa-free living, polar ...

The Chinese ambassador to Jakarta spoke during the first announcement of the cub's birth. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Christmas came early at the Memphis Zoo with the much-anticipated arrival of an orangutan baby, a girl named Ruhana ...

Childbirth doesn’t have to look one way. Around the world, and increasingly in India, more parents are exploring birth ...

Kendall Daniya Johnson arrived almost a week late — but she was just in time to be Anne Arundel County’s first birth of the ...

At Houston Methodist Willowbrook, two labor-and-delivery rooms stand out from the rest. The spaces look more like calm, spa-like suites than hospital units—dimmable lights, soft wood tones, a laboring ...

A very small, but passionate, group of parents are advocates for a type of unassisted birth known as "free birth." Here's why ...

More women are choosing natural birth for comfort, control, and faster recovery. Image courtesy: Adobe Stock In recent years, the conversation around childbirth has started to change. Many women today ...

When I first heard about water births, I felt both curious and nervous. The idea of bringing a new life into a warm, soothing pool of water seemed magical. However, I soon found many myths that raised ...

When Sophie Dicks went into labour a few days before a scheduled caesarean in November 2023, she prepared herself for the natural birth she had been hoping for. Having had a C-section for her first ...

In today’s newsletter: A new Guardian podcast, The Birth Keepers, explores how a global network promoting unassisted childbirth has shaped women’s decisions around childbirth. One mother’s story ...