Ever bitten into your food and found something that shouldn’t be there? Some people have discovered truly horrifying surprises, from live insects and human body parts to mystery creatures in their ...

The elf owl, the smallest owl in the world, inhabits the deserts of the southwestern US and Mexico. Measuring 12-14 cm and ...

A woman was left fighting for her life after a tick bite caused her organs to shut down, and left her losing her fingers and toes. Cathrine Abbott-Coetzee woke up one morning with a bite on her arm – ...

Intriguing examples of craftiness, deception and dishonesty in nature. Creatures camouflaged, the harmless mimicking the ...

These insects are itty-bitty bugs that can take up residence in homes ... by its delicate, lace-like wings and bright green body. Lacewings prey on aphids and caterpillars, and they are medically ...

Newly released reports from Boar’s Head plants in New Castle, Indiana; Forrest City, Arkansas; and Petersburg, Virginia, described multiple instances of meat and fat residue left on equipment and ...

A new study shows distinct effects of neonicotinoid pesticide exposure in different bumble bee body parts, explaining why ... the survival of beneficial insects. In this study, the researchers ...

Green mold and flaking paint in 2022. — “Unidentified slime” and “an abundance of insects” in 2023. — A puddle of “blood, debris and trash” in 2024. Boar’s Head officials said in ...

Our new study explored a different possibility – that laws about bodily damage are rooted in something universal about human nature: shared intuitions about the value of body parts. Do people across ...

Why we have body parts we don't need is simple. According to the Harvard Health website, they were most likely necessary at one point but eventually became nonessential through evolution.

Do people across cultures and throughout history agree on which body parts are more or less valuable? Until now, no one had systematically tested whether body parts are valued similarly across ...