Most hepatitis E infections in industrialized countries arise due to zoonotic genotypes three and four. These infections ...

Having an average total length of just over three inches, the least shrew is easy to miss. This insectivore has been in ...

Our cat chased this bird into our house during a storm. We’ve never seen anything quite like it before. A friend identified ...

While we don’t know what the policies will be, one thing Kennedy has signaled he would look at is fluoridation of water across the United States. He won’t be able to take any action until ...

“These localities have yielded a diverse assemblage of aquatic and terrestrial vertebrates, including fishes, amphibians, turtles, crocodiles, squamates, birds, and mammals, such as bats, primates, ...

New research shows how the Eurasian common shrew (Sorex araneus) changes its brain and bodily size throughout the year. The study, published online in eLife, reveals how changes in gene expression ...

Water is the lifeblood of our planet and freshwater ecosystems play a key role in sopping up planet-warming carbon dioxide emissions and making our societies resilient to climate disasters. But the ...

My thanks to the COP29 Presidency for launching the Baku Dialogue on Water for Climate Action to strengthen the water dimension within the global climate agenda. Crops and livestock are wasting away ...

In the shrew, unusually high metabolic rates force winter activity ... After time elapsed, crystal violet was removed, and cells were washed with tap water until free color was no longer visible.

Lundy is also home to the pygmy shrew, the UK's smallest mammal, as well as rabbits, deer, sheep, goats, cows, and pigs. Its waters, meanwhile, are home to seals, dolphins, whales, porpoises ...