In Wild Animals, Charting the Pathways of Disease
By JIM ROBBINS
Eco-immunology seeks both to understand the immune systems of wild animals and to use that knowledge to gain a better understanding of human immune systems.
New research suggests the existing models of Earth’s core may not explain its complexities.
Eco-immunology seeks both to understand the immune systems of wild animals and to use that knowledge to gain a better understanding of human immune systems.
While no longer of great scientific import, a Venus transit is still a rare and striking event, occurring in pairs, eight years apart, about once a century.
Two recent papers about the domestication of dogs take different approaches: one is data-rich, solid science, the other more speculative and inconclusive, seeking to prompt thought.
Researchers may have solved a piece of the puzzle surrounding how fish “smell” harm.
Prices for colonoscopy are far higher than they should be, some experts say, in part because of rising charges for anesthesia.
Dr. Victoria Sweet’s account of the Laguna Honda Hospital in San Francisco laments its transformation from an old-style chronic care facility into a modern center focused on efficiency and early discharge.
As the number of species at risk of extinction soars, zoos are being called upon to rescue and sustain some animals in favor of others.
Ticks do not have a significant role in the food chain, but they are agents of disease and as such may help keep the deer population in check.
Infants try to make sense of the world around them by seeking out situations that are neither too simple nor too complex.
Rorqual whales have sensory organs in their chins that help coordinate their rapid jaw movements as they swallow huge amounts of water and filter out tiny prey.
The brown argus butterfly in England has spread north as the warmer climate allows its caterpillars to feed off a new host plant, wild geraniums, researchers say.
Expectations and demands of health care must change, and the incentives for tremendous waste must be reckoned with.
The aches and uneasiness some passengers experience on long-haul flights may be a result of lower cabin pressure at high altitudes, research shows.
A song about the finite amount of hallowed ground for heroes.
How many days will it take a frog to get out of a 10-foot deep well?
What’s the most surprising species close to home? Readers' photos of wild organisms, large and small.
A series of articles and videos about leaders in science like Elizabeth Spelke, Richard Dawkins, Nora Volkow, Eric Lander, Michael Gazzaniga and Steven Pinker.