"Complex evolutionary interactions." Researchers discover surprising ally in fight to protect food supply: 'Stable and ...

The UN is like a substitute teacher: he fears someone else seeing friction or disorder in the classroom, so he dumbs down the lessons and browbeats students into compliance. That way, everyone ...

Japanese macaques, colloquially referred to as snow monkeys, famously soak in steaming hot springs during winter. It's easy ...

Does a cuckoo know it's a cuckoo? The answer is more difficult than you might think, explains Richard Pallardy ...

This year saw the election of four Greens into the WA Legislative Council, consequently with the Government reliant on the Greens to pass legislation should the Opposition and other members oppose it.

I started writing a column more than 25 years ago in the year 2000, which was the beginning of the 21st century. As I review my past columns, I noticed right away that one of my most written topics ...

Botflies rely on living animals to survive, using their bodies as temporary habitats for development. Instead of killing the ...

Leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease transmitted by sand flies, has long challenged veterinarians and public health experts alike. Found in humans and animals across Israel and many other parts of the ...

One of the most interesting topics discussed in my Ornithology class was about the “con artists” found in nature… Brood parasitism occurs when a female bird (the parasite) lays her eggs in the nest of ...

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