A small brown mouse has just done something no mammal has ever done before: give birth on Earth after spending part of its reproductive cycle in orbit. It sounds like a quirky space trivia item, but ...

Most women can't imagine giving birth without the help of a midwife or doula – and it turns out mice are the same. Researchers have discovered that rodents step in if they notice a pregnant friend ...

UCSF researchers discovered a molecular timer that gets activated in the first days of pregnancy and influences when mice give birth. A typical human pregnancy lasts 40 weeks, but most parents know ...