Some states, especially in the Southeastern US, have large disparities in breastfeeding among racial groups, making clear the need to lower barriers for breastfeeding in the workplace and elsewhere.

It’s pretty common to see face-like patterns in objects – but this quirk can give us insights into human psychology and evolution.

A baby's cry triggers the release of oxytocin, a brain chemical that controls breast milk release in mothers, a new study with mice shows.

The health benefits of animal companions have been supported by science but not society, with the disadvantaged facing similar barriers to pet ownership as they do in securing proper healthcare, experts said at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health on Monday.

The standard understanding of oxytocin, colloquially known as the "love hormone," may be all wrong, prairie vole research indicates.

Many features of proteins are analogous to music. Mapping these features together creates new musical compositions that help researchers learn about proteins.

With help from oxytocin, mice mothers are awesome teachers. The findings offer evidence for the benefits of parenting classes for humans, researchers say.

Scientists advocate for cleaning up troublesome jargon by applying new standard nomenclature for the hormones known as oxytocin and vasopressin in humans.

Dogs process the sensory world very differently than humans, but love in a way that is entirely familiar.

Rather than a vaccine to beef up your immune system, a psychoactive substance could boost your cooperative, pro-social behavior – curtailing the selfish actions that spur on coronavirus's spread.