The primary risk is with sheep, during the lambing season, although pregnant women are also advised to keep clear of other farm animals giving birth, such as cows and goats. The new advice comes from ...

Nature is full of evolutionary selflessness. From deep-sea octopuses to certain marsupials, there are animals and insects that reproduce and then die, as their lives can be cut short because they ...

There have been some large animals discovered over the course of history. In the 1960s, the largest bear ever caught outsized the average elephant, and this bear still holds the record today. The ...

Most cows don't give birth in front of a cheering crowd with medical help close by. They usually have their calves in the field. But at the birthing center at the Kansas State Fair, cows are given ...

“The spitting image of its mother!’ crowed famed Herpetologist Raymond Lee Ditmars one day last week. Dr. Ditmars’ trip to Panama last summer had made New York’s Bronx Zoo unique throughout the world ...

Over the years, some were disappointed when animals went into labor right as the birthing center was closing for the night. Darn the luck, they barely missed showtime. McKown said he was at the fair ...

KANSAS (KSNT) – Insects are becoming more active, certain plants are blooming, many edible plants are emerging and many mammals, birds and reptiles are in their birthing stages, according to the most ...