A Florida woman’s serious pneumonia that landed her in the hospital turned out to have a very strange culprit: deer meat ...

How well bees tolerate temperature extremes could determine their ability to persist in a changing climate. But heat tolerance varies between and within populations, so entomologists examined bee ...

Another problem occurs in mild weather areas where tropical milkweed survives the winters. Monarchs that visit the plants deposit a protozoan parasite called Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (“OE”) on the ...

Common pet fish diseases come from poor water quality, stress, overcrowding, and not isolating new or ill fish to stop disease spread. However, you can minimize these factors with proper care and good ...

Until three years ago nobody had developed a vaccine against any parasitic disease. Now there are two against malaria: the ...

University of Idaho Extension’s popular virtual discussion series about Idaho agriculture, called Ag Talk Tuesday, will ...

As more people head to the outdoors for recreation, so will ticks. Though ticks are active year-round, the warmer months mean “tick season” and the need for increased awareness.

“They feed for a very short time and then scurry back to their nest.” In addition to Lyme disease, ticks can transmit many other germs (bacteria, viruses and protozoan) that can cause many serious and ...