Quick Take If you share your home with a dog or cat, you also share it with invisible commuters: parasites looking for a warm meal. Fleas and ticks do not need a dirty house to move in. All it takes ...

The bad news arrived in a brown envelope. I was sitting on the sofa, digging into a korma, half-watching telly as I went through the post.

Andy Weir discusses his science-fueled novel “Project Hail Mary,” which has been adapted into a film that opens in theaters ...

Researchers at Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy witnessed a biological breakthrough recently when a southern white rhinoceros ...

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A cloud of tiny black flies hovering over a plant can ruin the entire vibe of a beautiful indoor garden in seconds. Those little pests don’t just look annoying, they signal a deeper issue happening ...

As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment.

Manulu Timofey from the Moscow Zoo will not be able to find a bride in Poland. The Warsaw Zoo announced on March 20 that it was not considering the possibility of its female manula, named Jessie, ...

Scientists in the study were shocked to find parasitic evidence that the salmon was part of a thriving ecosystem.

On a warm morning in Virginia, a wildlife researcher walks slowly through a patchwork of forest and farmland, eyes scanning the ground for something most people would never notice. Somewhere under the ...

Department of Environment and Natural Resources [DENR] is “urging all homeowners to inform their landscape gardeners and groundskeepers about how to identify and report red imported fire ants [RIFA] ...

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