When pregnant women drink water that comes from wells downstream of sites contaminated with PFAS, known as "forever chemicals ...

An innovative study mapped preterm births, low birth weights and infant mortality to municipal water wells downstream from ...

NHS paramedics are urging people to avoid calling 999 for some non-urgent symptoms as A&E and ambulance services face record demand ...

Kavita Thapa, field manager at Green Tara Nepal, said a medical team visits one ward every month to conduct ultrasound and other lab tests, along with counselling services. "We run the ultrasound ...

Remember the film where a growling chimpanzee sinks its teeth into one of the activists trying to save it, marking them out as patient zero in a zombie epidemic? 28 Days Later is just one of many ...

Rats have gotten a bad reputation over the years for being dirty, garbage-eating carriers of disease. But these ubiquitous rodents are also clever and capable of learning complex tasks, even using ...

When it comes to unexpected horror stories, humans may never beat nature at its scariest. In Germany, rats reportedly like to intercept bats near hibernation sites, killing and feasting on the local ...

Naked mole rats live for up to 37 years – far longer than other rodents their size. What is the secret of their longevity? Among other factors, it could be down to a variant of an immune protein that ...

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MOROGORO, Tanzania (AP) — A man lies unmoving, slumped in the rubble of a simulated earthquake, as an unlikely rescuer approaches: a rat with a backpack. Whiskers waving, the rat breezes past garbage, ...

City data actually suggest that rat sightings are declining. But horror stories are everywhere, and a single rat in a stroller is enough to set off a panic. By Christopher Maag Rachel Chase, a ...

They know ka-rat-e. A pair of kung-fu rats channeled their inner Bruce Lee — caught on video while fighting on a Brooklyn subway platform. For nearly a minute, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle wannabes ...