A peculiar spiny fossil, once thought to represent one of the earliest mollusks, has now been conclusively reclassified by ...

Some stinky plants independently evolved an enzyme to take the same molecule behind our bad breath and turn it into the smell of rotting flesh.

A: Nutria (or coypu) are like gophers on steroids.

Even though the U.S. eradicated the flesh-eating parasite the New World Screwworm six decades ago, its survival to the south ...

In veterinary medicine, the emerging understanding of the gut-immune axis highlights the interconnectedness of digestive ...

Records obtained by PETA from UMass document multiple incidents in which research monkeys were injured or showed ...

Tens of millions of people in Africa are infected by parasitic worms that cause lymphatic filariasis (also called ...

Last month, 48 animals — including endangered species like Asian black bears (Ursus thibetanus), greater adjutant storks ...

Researchers in ACS Nano report a topical antibiotic gel that, applied once, cured middle ear infection within 24 hours in ...

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