DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

Nearly extinct in the mid-20th century due to over-hunting, a whopping 280,000 Canada geese now live in Michigan.

I have written many commentaries on the unsanitary situation that comes from having so many Canadians on the Qualla Boundary. Of course, I am talking about Canadian geese.

There’s a saying that in a big city you are never more than six feet away from a rat. It’s an urban myth but scientists are ...

Elaine Power first became interested in studying coprophagy—the practice of eating feces—when she was teaching high school ...

Sawolor Town, Bong County- John Sumo walks in the middle of a small creek in their town. He parts the waters with his hands, ...

Microbiology is a biological science focused on the study of microorganisms. These are organisms that cannot be seen by the naked eye, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, and single-celled algae and ...

Bird flu is suspected to be the cause of several dead wild birds in several areas of the state including Plymouth, Boston and ...

In early 2021, a 64-year-old woman from south-eastern New South Wales began dealing with stomach aches and diarrhoea, which ...

Canine whipworm infections are tricky to diagnose but preventable with proper parasite control and environmental management ...

Globally, over 600 million people are infected with the skin-penetrating threadworm, Strongyloides stercoralis, mostly in tropical and subtropical regions with poor sanitation infrastructure.

A recent X-ray scan showcasing calcified parasites embedded throughout a patient's body has gone viral, highlighting the ...