Survival in the wild isn’t just about strength or speed. Some animals rely on methods that are so unexpected that they seem almost unreal.

Scorpions are among the oldest predators on Earth. While most species pose little threat to humans, a handful are far more ...

In an unusual case, a woman developed a parasitic infection in her lungs, when more typically, the parasite stays just under the skin.

Whether you sleep alone, with someone else, or buried under a cat or dog, you will also share your sleep space with a world ...

You hang your laundry outside to dry and come back to find a bee on your pillowcase, a wasp circling your favorite shirt, or ...

Under glaring laboratory lights, a research assistant extends his forearm and carefully inverts a mesh-topped container onto ...

Analysing the insects could reveal gender, eye colour, hair and skin colour, entomologist Abdul Hafiz Ab Majid told AFP.

Learn scabies symptoms, causes, and treatments. Spot early signs, know the risks, and discover effective ways to treat and ...

Saguaro Park in southeastern Arizona, near Tucson, offers a landscape unlike anything you’ll see elsewhere. The park hosts ...

A new mosquito species in Colorado is capable of carrying dengue, yellow fever and Zika, while kissing bugs can now carry parasites that cause Chagas disease.

Two copies of a poetry book by formerly enslaved poet Phillis Wheatley are bound in human skin and housed in Cincinnati. The books were bound in the 1930s for a collector who reportedly smuggled the ...