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Many animals use venom to protect themselves from predators and to catch prey. Some, like jellyfish, have tentacles, while others, like bees and snakes use stingers and fangs to inject their prey with venomous toxins.
For a long time scientists believed that an animal's venom was consistent over time: once a venomous creature, always a venomous...
Historically, keeping backyard chickens was a response to economic hardship -- whether it was in the Depression or during wartime food rationing.
But a growing number of chickens today are roaming or are caged on small family farms and in backyards, as suburban and urban poultry gains more popularity among consumers. Many people prefer to raise...
The mechanisms that underlie early embryonic development in humans and cattle are very similar. Therefore, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich researchers argue that bovine embryos might well be a better model for early human development than the mouse system.
Many fundamental aspects of the early stages of embryonic development in humans are found to be conserved in...
As annual flu shot patrons know, immune systems are not perfect and must be constantly reinforced to protect against rapidly evolving pathogens.
New research shows that, in the case of a common backyard bird, imperfect immunity to a dangerous pathogen that causes "bird pink eye" actually makes the pathogen stronger and more dangerous for its next...
Everyone loves a nice plate of pasta. After all, starch is the ultimate energy food. Now, we have proof that carbo-loading has been a thing for at least 280 million years.
A team of Chinese and German scientists has discovered the oldest unequivocal fossilized starch ever found, in the form of granular caps on the megaspores...
A striking set of photos reveals the secret lives of Amazonian crop-raiding animals. A new study from the University of East Anglia (UK) identifies the Amazon's 'worst offending' crop destroyers -- and highlights the problems caused for rural communities.
The research team spent a year working with 47 Amazonian communities in the Juruá region of Amazonas,...