A kangaroo experiences the miracle of birth in an intimate wildlife moment.

As a demographer who studies American childbearing decision-making and behaviors, I’m increasingly being pulled into the near-constant discourse on how to raise birth rates, spurred by the record low ...

When Bryn Mawr's LifeCycle Wellness, one of the oldest birth centers in the country, announced it was shutting down this March after 47 years of offering midwife services, a group of state lawmakers ...

Some dogs are drawn to water, as if it's their job to find it. They enjoy swimming in pools, splashing in muddy puddles, and running through sprinklers. Of course, the game changes when it's time for ...

We've all heard it before: The oldest child is responsible and driven, the middle one is the peacekeeper, and the youngest is the fun-loving rebel. It sounds neat, maybe even a little true when you ...

The LNP | LancasterOnline Opinion department publishes reader letters in both the newspaper and online on Wednesdays and Sundays. On the other five days of the week (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, ...

DEAR JOAN: This year’s fall reset of our clocks back an hour appears to have permanently changed the morning rising time for our 14-year-old small cockapoo, Coco. In past years, within a few weeks of ...

We only have one full-length mirror in my home so my dogs don't see their reflection very often. When we're strolling through town and my Pug catches a glimpse of himself in a window, he does a double ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hannah Dahlen has worked as a private midwife in the past and attended homebirths. Hannah has received funding from the NHMRC to study the safety of place of birth. If you’re looking on social media ...