One of the best ways to control mosquito populations around homes is to follow the “tip and toss” method. Here’s what to do.

In his home office in Durham, Duke neuroscientist Richard Mooney shows a series of images of a bird's brain on song. In one, ...

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The winning photographs highlight the diversity of animal and plant life in Britain as well as the often hidden behaviors of ...

Animal Care Services deals with hundreds of "exotic" or neglected animals each year. Many of them end up with rescue organizations.

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The estimate of 5.5 million species of insects is interesting. What’s even more remarkable is that because scientists have ...

In February 2022, a new variant of the highly contagious virus was detected in U.S. commercial and backyard poultry, and it ...

Transgenic animals continue to play an essential role in many aspects of zebrafish research, including the development of disease models. The most widely used system for zebrafish transgenesis is the ...

The South Carolina Department of Public Health is asking residents to safely submit certain species of dead birds for lab ...