A new group of young children has just started school for the first time, with many excited about new friends, uniforms and being at "big school."
Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2024
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A Labrador retriever named Ava is back to running and playing with her family after her second double hip replacement, courtesy of Texas A&M University veterinarians, computerized tomography (CT)-guided planning, and 3D-printing ...
Veterinary medicine
Nov 16, 2023
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For family members unexpectedly taking care of a relative's child during the opioid crisis, it can be difficult to navigate the legal waters of assuming custody. The process may be easier—and come with more support—if ...
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2023
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Daurian redstarts move their nesting sites closer to or even inside human settlements when cuckoos are around. In doing so, they actively protect their nest against brood parasitism, as cuckoos avoid human settlements.
Plants & Animals
Feb 22, 2023
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When it comes to sharing content of children on social media—particularly via sponsored posts and brand deals—what's legal isn't always what's ethical.
Social Sciences
Jan 19, 2023
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Brown-headed cowbirds are generalist brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of many other bird species and letting the host parents raise their young. A new study seeks to understand the strategies cowbird chicks ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 13, 2022
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A team of researchers from Deakin University in Australia and Clemson University in the U.S. has found that female finches change the song they sing to their eggs when temperatures rise. This results in hatchling mitochondria ...
An analysis of what foster families talk about on social media showed how the COVID-19 pandemic ramped up their anxieties and concerns about the children in their care.
Social Sciences
Sep 8, 2021
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Flamingo chicks raised by foster parents from another flamingo species develop normally, scientists say.
Plants & Animals
Apr 8, 2021
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Increasing numbers of Florida children are being placed in foster care due to maltreatment, even though fewer children overall are being placed in foster care during the pandemic, researchers say.
Social Sciences
Jan 28, 2021
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