A Polish woman was so intoxicated during her labour, her baby was born 15 times over the limit. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Lenuta and Costel, two tiger cubs from one of the world's most endangered species, the Siberian tiger, were born in a Romanian zoo this year. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A puppy has been born in Japan with a large, clear, love-heart-shaped pattern in his coat.

See pictures picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A puppy's amniotic fluid caused it to be born with green fur.

*picture is a different green puppy picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

The animal, dubbed 'Holy' by its owner, was born on a refugee camp on the West Bank. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago

If some children seem like they were born to be bad, new research suggests it may be true.
Researchers found that genes seemed key in the children's odds of serious conduct problems — like bullying, skipping school and shoplifting. picked by BrownTrout 2 years ago

Babies born in the spring could be less intelligent because of the effect of pesticides, doctors warn. A study of more than 1.5 million children clearly showed that those conceived in the summer — when pesticide use is at its highest — are less clever than other youngsters. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

An Iraqi-born Chicago artist has set up a project allowing Internet users to shoot him with a paintball gun. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The fourth foal of a breed of donkey rarer than the giant panda has been born in the space of a fortnight at a British farm. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A woman gave birth Wednesday to the first baby conceived in the U.S. by means of frozen sperm and a frozen egg, picked by dork 2 years ago

"When he first learned to carry his cup he'd walk round beaming. Whenever he picks up something new he smiles. It melts your heart." picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

When most parents have a baby, they spend months dreaming about what their bundle of joy will look like. Will she look like mom? Will he have dad's eyes... picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

These tiny newborn hedgehogs are proving a handful for carers at a rescue centre - after the mild weather triggered a string of early orphaned arrivals.

See their cute pictures. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Little Alfie was born at 26 weeks and 30,000 feet. I'll bet this wasn't in the Flight Attendant's job description! picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

Invisible magnetic field lines twisted like long ropes of DNA help stars spiral into life. New stars form from enormous clouds of gas and dust collapse under their own gravity into dense spheres. The packed cores are ignited by thermonuclear reactions. As they collapse, the clouds rotate, and like an ice skater pulling in his arms while spinning, rotation speed increases as the collapsing cloud ge... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Doctors screened out from the woman’s embryos an inherited gene that would have left the baby with a greater than 50% chance of developing the cancer. picked by deEPCHIll 5 months ago

By using a specialized microscope that illuminates only a cell’s surface, scientists have become the first to see, in real time and in plain view, hundreds of thousands of molecules coming together in a living cell to form a single particle of the virus that has, in less than 25 years, claimed more than 25 million lives: HIV. Video on homepage. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Wow! picked by AfroMosHi 3 months ago

It is the baby turtle that proves two heads really are better than one. While its siblings grow at a the usual steady pace, this tiny creature is speeding ahead. The reason for its extraordinary growth spurt is simple: having two heads mean it eats twice as fast. picked by AutumnLotus 2 months ago

I'm guessing that mortgage is already paid picked by wildminou 1 year ago