Just 16 days into 2026, there was a report of the first hantavirus detection of the year in California. Whilst it is not ...
WHEN Michele Warden first heard that a bright young nurse from her old ward had been arrested her blood ran cold. Like Lucy Letby, Michele had worked on the Countess of Chester Hospital’s ...
In Brikama, one of The Gambia’s busiest markets, a silent crisis is poisoning daily life. Beneath the noise of bargaining and ...
Insect decline is being driven by losses among the locally more common species, according to a new study. The meta-analysis of 923 locations around the world notes two significant trends: 1) the ...
Tiny insects trapped in amber could tell us a great deal about their roles in past ecosystems: pollinators, parasites, predators, and prey. But how many of the insects preserved alongside each other ...
A new study explores the Middle Eastern origins of London's most pernicious parasite: the London Underground mosquito.
Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Tea bags could release billions of microplastic ...
But New Zealand is home to an amazing version of glow worms – the Arachnocampa luminosa – and they are responsible for one of the most stunning natural spectacles in the world. The common glow worm, ...