Just about everybody knows that dogs are blessed with a superior sense of smell. As a matter of fact, their sense of smell is ...

A disease called babesiosis involves parasites that first appear in rodents, and it's becoming more prevalent in Maryland.

Also known as selective breeding, artificial selection is the human-guided cousin of evolution by natural selection. Instead ...

Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite spread by cats, can shred human sperm and may be an overlooked factor in declining male ...

Bats in the tropics of the Americas are a reservoir for morbilliviruses—a genus of RNA viruses that includes the human ...

While auras may come from the realm of pseudoscience, all living beings do emit a faint light, invisible to the human eye—one that is extinguished upon death. This is the conclusion of a team of ...

Salivary glands play an essential role in protecting oral health by secreting saliva to aid in digestion, speech, and ...

Thirst is a crucial physiological signal that contributes to the survival of humans and other animals, by allowing them to ...