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This list will have your jaw on the floor before you can say “fruit salad tree”. Here are 25 Jaw Dropping Facts That Will ...

Qin Rao, MD, is a board-certified physician based in New York City. He currently works as a gastroenterologist and hepatologist at Manhattan Gastroenterology. Grey poop can be caused by liver issues ...

Malaria, dengue, Zika virus and West Nile fever are all diseases that can be spread by mosquitoes. Hundreds of thousands of people die from such infections every year ...

The genetic engineering of mosquitoes offers a potentially transformative, self-sustaining opportunity for malaria control and elimination in Africa. By rendering mosquitoes unable to transmit the ...

What if I told you that some slaves in the American South were white? Or that British gentlemen in India used to hire people to cover themselves in jams to attract mosquitoes? Don’t believe me? Well ...

Last winter, when heavy snow was predicted for Little Rock and our new St. Louis home, I thought about our living in the Alaskan Interior for two winters and one summer, courtesy of the Army. My ...

Oxitec Australia — a partnership between Oxitec Ltd and the CSIRO — has withdrawn its licence application to release genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes in Queensland. The organisation planned to ...

We were overwhelmed by the response to our annual Letters to Santa feature, with more than 1,250 letters submitted this year. Due ...

Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday at Defector during the NFL season. Got something you wanna contribute? Email the Roo. You can also read Drew over at SFGATE, ...

Honey badgers are not actually named for their love of honey, in fact, they raid bee hives to loot the delicious, protein-rich larva inside, which seems like an overly complicated way to get protein.