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The movement of moths inspires a new music project by composer Ellie Wilson. She used data shared by ecologists to create a piece where the insects take center stage.
As oil companies push for drilling on the Amazon coast, an underwater war silences the ocean’s most vocal creatures.
In early April, the world woke up to headlines sounding like a cross between “Jurassic Park” and “Game of Thrones”: Colossal ...
The West is filled with land that helps to preserve vital wildlife habitats, according to conservation groups and ecologists.
Unlike rabies, which causes roughly 59,000 human deaths annually, predominantly in Africa and Asia, human infection with bat ...
The combination of climate change and pathogen expansion could be fueling a surge in infectious diseases. GEN consulted ...
It may seem unusual to think of chimpanzees as doctors, but they more closely resemble human healers than you may expect.
The Cambridge team tested 89 strains of bacteria, many of them commonly found in the human gut. They discovered that at least 38 could absorb significant amounts of PFAS, especially longer-chain types ...
Cowbird mothers abandon their eggs in the nests of other bird species, but the chicks somehow manage to find their flock and ...
A man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, Australian health officials said.
Brookfield Zoo Chicago just got a whole lot cuter thanks to a new baby squirrel monkey, and he's ready to meet his new ...
This year "Jaws" celebrates its 50th anniversary. Its success reflects the enduring importance of our most ancient fear: ...