Year after year, government records show late summer is when most babies are born, with August as the most common birth month. That means—right now—tens of thousands of future parents are planning ...

Babies in the West commonly lack a gut microbe that is found in infants in other parts of the world, which may be due to ...

Scientists studying human development are working to improve equipment to learn how babies' brains develop. A team at ...

The family of a brain dead pregnant woman says her baby has been delivered via Cesarean section after they say she was forced to stay on life support for several months due to Georgia's abortion law.

Babies with an increased likelihood of autism may struggle to settle into deep, restorative sleep, according to a new study ...

If you're a new parent, you might be using AI with your infant already—whether you know it or not. But while AI can be a useful tool for parents, it shouldn't be used with babies directly. Here's why.

Getting rhythm, to paraphrase the late Johnny Cash, is not something we learn, but is "part of our biological toolkit." That's according to researchers who played Bach to dozens of babies who appeared ...

Parents have been singing lullabies to their children for thousands of years, but emerging research suggests that music does far more than simply calm a restless infant. Dutch scientists have ...