How do wildlife researchers know when an endangered population is sick? They can detect infectious microbes in animal waste, but the presence of a microbe doesn't always equate to impactful ...

We explore parasites not just because they’re an essential ... Occasionally a mosquito or even a vampire bat may visit when it gets dark out and maybe spread a disease if she’s really unlucky.

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How do wildlife researchers know when an endangered population is sick? They can detect infectious microbes in animal waste, but the presence of a microbe doesn't always equate to impactful ...

It’s hard to forget your first kill. Depending on the looseness of your childhood upbringing, the first movie death you ...

This month’s quiz and trivia piece focuses on one of those parks: Pinnacles National Park in California. How many of you have ...

When a black bear in Minnesota woke up from hibernation in the middle of winter and attacked three people and a dog, ...

Health authorities are conducting tests in regions of DR Congo affected by a mystery disease that has killed 60 people.

Health officials in Congo suspect a mysterious disease that killed 52 people and sickened 943 in Equateur province to be either malaria or food poison ...

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The unidentified ailment has sickened 1,300 people and led to more than 50 deaths. Regardless of the cause, experts say ...