As bird flu spreads in the United States, are there are any risks of the virus from drinking milk or eating eggs? Here's what you need to know, according to experts.

U.S. dodged a bird flu pandemic in 1957 thanks to eggs and dumb luck – with a new strain spreading fast, will Americans get ...

“One of the goals [of astrobiology] is to go to [other worlds] and look for microorganisms, but in the meantime there’s so ...

For the first time, scientists have been able to produce kangaroo embryos through in-vitro fertilization (IVF), an important ...

With bloated bellies and hairy legs, female flies try to look bigger to get food from courting mates. But male flies, in turn, have sharpened their eyesight to call their bluff. A new study suggests ...

The virus that causes eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, has evolved to infect mosquitoes. To be able to spread between ...

Centuries before the now-banned red dye No. 3 was synthesized in a lab, humans turned to insects to color their foods, ...

The New World screwworm was eradicated from the state decades ago, but now officials are warning it may be poised to return.

The USDA bans Mexican cattle imports after screwworm discovery, prompting Texas officials to warn about the parasite's threat ...

A Greek police probe of human egg theft uncovered repeated instances ... it had identified “75 cases with 11 victims” in which eggs and sperm were trafficked without the knowledge of the ...

“Once a hen is five months old it can lay about one egg per day,” he said. The quick and severe constrain on supply has led to skyrocketing prices. A dozen eggs costs about $4.15 on ...

Carpet beetles (Anthrenus verbasci) don't bite humans, though their larvae can cause a reaction if they come into contact with the skin of someone who's sensitive to the larvae's tiny hairs. These ...