Most of us think lions, sharks, and bears are the world's deadliest animals. Surprisingly, the creatures claiming hundreds of thousands of human lives each year aren't apex predators with massive ...

You can take certain steps to lower your chances of becoming an unwitting host to one of these nasties. Practicing basic ...

A half a century after serving in Vietnam, hundreds of veterans have a new reason to believe they may be dying from a silent bullet — test results show some men may have been infected by a ...

Why are the woylies all dying? Since 2001 the populations of these tiny Australian marsupials have mysteriously crashed by as much as 90 percent. This article was published in Scientific American’s ...

Hawaii, the U.S. epicenter for the disease, offers a preview of what may come next.