Investigating a common gene in three very different species—salamanders, mice and zebrafish—scientists have discovered the ...

A virus that typically infects marine animals, such as shrimp and fish, has jumped to humans and is causing chronic eye ...

Heartworm’s global spread likely stems from ancient canid hosts, not recent human activity. Findings may reshape treatment approaches.

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New evidence suggests that a disease-causing tapeworm that has been spreading across the United States and Canada has arrived ...

Research reveals that Serbian cave systems show evidence of human occupation during the second half of the last ice age. Humans may have been occupying these caves in the Balkans at a time when other ...

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The abundance of viral DNA was measured in DNA sequenced from blood and saliva samples in biobanks, revealing strong ...

Sid Miller, the Texas agriculture commissioner, described the New World screwworm as a ‘direct and imminent threat’ to his ...

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A fossil ape discovered in northern Egypt is reshaping the story of human evolution. The species, Masripithecus, lived about 17 to 18 million years ago and may sit very close to the ancestor of all ...