Pets can carry a variety of diseases. Some of these are transferable to their owners. Know which ones those are to stay healthy and safe.

When you see a spider in your house, stop and think before you kill it. Spiders do more good for humans than harm.

An experiment on reptile decomposition aims to shed light on a variety of paleontological mysteries, including why so many ...

You may think you get a break from creepy crawlers in the winter, but this multi-legged arthropod prefers a warm house in the ...

Spider may elicit a “yuck” or an “ew” from many, but the true nature of these oft-feared critters is not as icky as one might ...

A "vulnerable" woman with learning difficulties whose death sparked a murder investigation died as a result of blood clots in her lungs, an inquest has found. Abbie Leigh Downing's partner called an ...

Early humans weren’t always hunters – sometimes, they were the hunted. A new study using artificial intelligence has traced the marks on two-million-year-old Homo habilis fossils back to an unexpected ...

Introduction: Although human bite injuries occur less frequently than other types of injuries, they present notable public health challenges, yet they have received relatively little attention. This ...

Dogs often beg and sulk if not given food during meals. Viral video shows Wally the Golden Retriever sulking when denied dinner. Experts advise sharing only safe, dog-friendly human foods in ...

Fatal shark bites are vanishingly rare, with fewer than 50 unprovoked shark bites on humans worldwide in 2024, according to the International Shark Attack File at the Florida Museum of Natural History ...

Scientists found a “dragon”-like creature with “long” pink legs at a monastery in Thailand and discovered a new species, a study said. Google Street View ...

Back in 2003 a team of archaeologists excavated some skeletal remains on the island of Flores in Indonesia within the Liang Bua cave. Little did they know that their discovery would be the start of ...