While many animals pose little threat to humans, a few are responsible for a significant number of fatalities annually. Here ...

The person who found a blue dragon sea slug — whose sting can cause nausea, vomiting, and an allergic skin reaction — and ...

An Arkansas tree cutter who made jars of the lethal poison ricin on his rural property was sentenced to eight years in prison for possessing a biological agent infamously known for being one of ...

Mississippi’s official state drink is…milk. That’s it. Just milk. Springfield, Missouri, has massive underground caves ...

The giant African snail (Achatina fulica) is not poisonous to humans, but it can be harmful in other ways as it is an agricultural pest that can damage crops and plants, and it can also carry ...

Ozempic was derived from Gila monsters, a lizard native to the southwestern US; Prialt, used to treat chronic pain in HIV and cancer patients, comes from deadly cone snails; and captopril ...

These bacteriophages—1,100 types—eliminate pollution and ensure self-purification, marking Ganga as the world's only freshwater river with such capabilities. PRAYAGRAJ: Despite over 60 crore ...

Although rodents alone host the adult form of the parasite, their feces pass its larvae to snails and slugs ... have also found rat lungworm infections in other animals, such as freshwater shrimp, ...