In 2014, Canada’s pork industry vowed to end their use of gestation crates—individual pens in which pregnant pigs are confined—by 2024. Now, industry stakeholders are proposing a five-year extension ...

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When calves are the most important commodity for a ranch, focusing on pregnant cows’ nutrition is the first step in ensuring ...

What animal has the longest gestation period? From salamanders to elephants, here’s how long it can take to make a baby. For humans, the gestation period can last forty weeks. There are cramps, ...

An anthropologist suggests that the length of human pregnancy is limited primarily by a mother's metabolism, not the size of the birth canal. The research challenges the long-held notion of an ...

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I received a first-hand tutorial in whitetail deer gestation period last spring. While hunting for morel mushrooms, I stumbled on a tiny fawn curled up in the downed top of an oak tree. I’ve found ...

Have you ever wondered how long whales are pregnant? With the massive size of whale babies, it comes as no surprise that whales have long gestation periods. Dive in to find out how long whales are ...

Between-hospital variation in outcomes among extremely preterm infants is largely unexplained and may reflect differences in hospital practices regarding the initiation of active lifesaving treatment ...