The Atlantic Forest, extending along Brazil’s eastern coast, was once among the most biodiverse ecosystems globally.

Wildlife trade disease risk is growing, with traded animals more likely to share infectious diseases with humans ...

Most backyard bird feeders are not bird sanctuaries. They are, by nearly every measure that conservation biologists use, the ...

The 30-plus projects for which the Northwest Potato Research Consortium recommended for funding this year share a goal to ...

A mosquito is very small, but its bite can be fatal to a human. A mosquito's midgut is a biological gatekeeper that separates the mild, itchy little bump that results from a bite and a potentially ...

Scientific breakthroughs Byron Caughey made over his lifetime made him a “giant” in the world of prion research, and touched the lives of people far beyond his Bitterroot Valley home.

He flicked on his headlamp, startled to find that the liquid was blood, and a vampire bat—a species he had gone there to ...

We once believed the Earth was flat. Nowadays, we're sending crews to space, inventing cures for strange diseases, and ...

Researchers have identified the genetic material of scarlet fever while examining a tooth from a naturally mummified skull ...

HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein (Env), a gp120–gp41 trimer, undergoes coordinated conformational changes that drive membrane fusion and allow immune evasion by transiently concealing ...

Long-duration flea and tick collars can be a valuable, practical component of comprehensive parasite prevention. Flea and ...

The dorsal raphe nucleus (DRN) serotonergic (5-HT) system has been implicated in regulating sleep and motor control; however, its specific role remains controversial. In this study, we found that ...