The insect said to threaten the food security of 600 million people globally may have met its match in the form of several ...

3 To test this hypothesis, the team sequenced the bacterial DNA isolated from the guts, oral cavities, appendages, and outer protective covering of the worms they collected from Antarctic waters.

In human society, men tend to be seen as risk-takers, while women are seen as being more cautious. According to evolutionary psychologists, this difference developed in the wake of threats to each sex ...

Insects’ aversion to worm castings is demonstrated when they are spread over ant nests, causing the ants to remove themselves from the nests. If you have an issue with ants climbing up the trunks of ...

The list of 24 pathogen families is the first to consider global health threats, as well as threats specific to the UK ...

Only around 100 cases of brucellosis are reported annually in the U.S., even fewer of which involve feral pigs.

Like cellulose, it is not easily degraded and decomposes slowly. As a worm digests its food, 48 different bacteria assist in the process and they remain in the excreted castings. Many of these ...