Latest about children
300,000-year-old footprints reveal extinct humans went on a lakeside family outing among giant elephants and rhinos
Footprints belonging to Homo heidelbergensis adults and children suggest that these human relatives foraged and played on the shores of a lake where prehistoric beasts gathered to drink.
In rare attack, dingo repeatedly bites and holds girl underwater. (Luckily she survived.)
The 6-year-old girl is in a stable condition following the attack by an untagged male dingo while she was swimming on K'gari, or Fraser Island, Queensland, Australia.
Elementary schoolers prove EpiPens become toxic in space — something NASA never knew
It took a group of elementary school students to teach NASA that EpiPens can turn toxic in space.
Childhood obesity should be treated early and aggressively, new guidelines say. Is that safe?
The American Academy of Pediatrics released new guidelines for treating kids and teens with obesity.
Why are kids such fast learners?
Most young children can easily pick up languages and learn immense amounts of knowledge in their early years. How do they pull this off?
COVID-19 is a leading cause of death among US children and teens, study shows
An analysis of mortality data shows that COVID-19 ranks as a leading cause of death among children and teens.
More than 70 children sickened in Ohio measles outbreak
An ongoing measles outbreak in Ohio accounts for most cases of the disease reported in the U.S. this year.
'Sacred' owl carvings from Copper Age may actually be children's toys
Ancient owl carvings from the Iberian Peninsula were likely toys that children carved themselves.
