Fear is stronger than reassurances: at the moment, mouse colonies dominate the territory. So much so that, at 172 Via Napoli, a family has preferred to abandon their home. But on the various ...

Ecosystems are characterized by interconnected structure and functions. A study published in the open-access journal PLOS ...

Leafcutter ants live in highly organized colonies where every ant has a job, and now researchers can flip those jobs like a switch. By manipulating just two neuropeptides, scientists can turn ...

Nearby, a red-rumped agouti — a South American rodent that looks like a large, long-legged guinea pig — scuttled behind a tree trunk. A few feet away, an Arabian sand cat put its paw inside a log to ...

For decades, the story of Alzheimer's research has been dominated by a battle between A-beta and tau amyloids, both of which ...

With the imminent release of a review into the risks of rodent bait in Australia, an award-winning initiative uses barn owls ...

A surprising new study has uncovered over 200 misfolded proteins in the brains of aging rats with cognitive decline, beyond the infamous amyloid and tau plaques long blamed for Alzheimer’s. These ...

For decades, the story of Alzheimer’s research has been dominated by a battle between amyloid-beta and tau amyloids, both of which can kill neurons and impact the brain’s abil ...

Colony of frigatebirds, which provide nutrient inputs to nearby coral reefs. Casey Benkwitt (CC-BY 4.0, ...

A NIGHTCLUB boss claims to have invented a secret potion powerful enough to drive rodent infestations from homes — which she ...

Invasive rats in the Seychelles have decreased native seabird populations. However, the mechanism by which seabirds may impact coral reef ecosystem structure and function across multiple food ...