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.

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 ...

Imagine seeing your body from the inside out, a hidden world where more than 30 trillion cells are constantly renewing and regenerating to keep you alive. Men typically have around 36 trillion cells, ...

One day, a dog named Scout might save your child’s life. It’s not a stretch. In fact, that possibility is fast becoming ...

The brain is a unique place. It is shielded from much of the body by the blood-brain barrier, meaning it's protected from ...

For the first time, we have a method for extracting proteins from preserved soft tissues like brains – which could be a ...

The protein DNase1 is one of the oldest biological agents in history. It has been on the market since 1958 and is now used, ...

The body’s pathogen fighters can act as surveillance forces that ferry information from the gut and fat deposits to the brain ...