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The recent project has deep sea researchers using a 7,055-pound robotic explorer named ROV SuBastian to roam and document the ...

A chemical that's been long used in soft, flexible plastics like PVC might be messing with the sex cells of some animals and ...

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Scientists from the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology have uncovered a promising solution to the growing ...

Researchers say benzyl butyl phthalate, found in everything from vinyl flooring to children's toys, may be affecting reproductive cells at concentrations commonly detected in human blood samples.

All living things have a blueprint provided by the DNA that is stored in every one of their cells. Yet the amount of DNA in ...

Chimpanzees and bonobos use gestures to initiate and change positions during grooming (University of St Andrews) Researchers noticed that the final act of grooming in our hairy ape ancestors involves ...

Blood samples of patients infected with a parasitic worm that causes schistosomiasis contain hidden information that marks ...

Researchers found that Toxoplasma gondii increased the host cell’s metabolic activity, offering insights into potential ...

A woman has been left blind in her right eye after parasites burrowed into her cornea while swimming with contact lenses in.

Without iron, parasites rapidly die. And getting that iron from the human red blood cells in which the parasites live and ...