Animal baby boom at Palestinian zoo after visitors disappeared: Triple the number of babies were born during lockdown as usual Fifteen animals were born at Qalqilya Zoo in the Israeli-occupied West Bank An ostrich produced 11 eggs ‘because there weren’t people around her’ The zoo reopened in late May as COVID-19 restrictions eased Here’s how to … Read more
Kitten with two faces called Biscuits and Gravy dies just three days after he was born on an Oregon farm Biscuits and Gravy was born with two noses, two mouths and four eyes The owners, the King family, had to take over all motherly duties to care for him Biscuits and Gravy was able to … Read more
Beak-a-boo! First white stork chicks born in Britain for 600 years peer out of their nest for first time in historic sighting Pictures show the chicks at their parents’ nest at Knepp Castle in West Sussex The baby birds were born earlier this month as a result of the White Stork Project The project is … Read more
A woman has given birth to a ‘three-parent baby’ in the first ever clinical trial to test the controversial procedure. The 32-year-old Greek woman had four failed IVF attempts before she heard about the trial by Spanish doctors. The Barcelona-based team used a technique called maternal spindle transfer (MST) to put DNA from one of her … Read more
CDC advises all babies born to COVID-19 positive or suspected mothers be tested for the infection The CDC is advising that newborns be separated from mothers who have confirmed or suspected cases of coronavirus Babies should be tested within the first 24 hours and can be reunited with their mothers if the women test negative Infants are … Read more
Lions who were both born into captivity have found happiness together after their rescuers decided to introduce them to one another. King of the jungle Luke and lioness Phuku defied the odds to form a strong bond at Love Lions Alive sanctuary in Free State, South Africa, after meeting earlier this year. The pair were … Read more
A village where for 10 years only girls were born has finally seen the arrival of a baby boy. The tiny village of Miejsce Odrzańskie in southern Poland which has a population of just 300, made global headlines last year after the region’s mayor offered a reward to the first couple to give birth to … Read more
There are worse places to find yourself locked down than in a charming four-bedroom farmhouse in the Lake District. Whenever Simon Rayner-Langmead looks out the window of his 17th Century home, he’s met with undulating grassy hills as far as the eye can see. Simon, who runs a public relations company and whose wider family … Read more
A North Carolina mother has shared incredible photos of the moment her identical twin daughters became the second most premature babies in the world to survive being born at 22 weeks. Tracey Hernandez, 33, was out Christmas shopping on December 8, 2019, when she started feeling uncomfortable. Just hours later, she found herself in a … Read more
Baby girls who are born by C-section could be at higher risk of becoming obese and developing type 2 diabetes, study claims Researchers examined data on 33,000 US women aged between 24 and 44 Of those involved in the study three per cent were born by caesarean section Out of those born by c-section 11 per cent … Read more