Animals with larger brains produce fewer, larger offspring, explaining why birds evolved bigger eggs than the largest dinosaurs.

The latest screwworm outbreak in cattle has led to clashing ideas about how to control it.

A new study has uncovered a fundamental link between brain size and offspring size, helping to solve a long-standing evolutionary puzzle: Why do birds lay such disproportionately large eggs?

Biologists and volunteers have removed 300 apple snails and destroyed over 8,000 snail egg masses from the lower Salt River.

As of June 15, 11 cases of New World screwworm were confirmed in animals in Texas, and one case in New Mexico, according to the USDA. "Since 2023, a growing outbreak of New World screwworm has ...

To keep eggs alive, many birds do something far stranger than simply sitting on them. Their bodies physically transform in ...

While New World screwworms have yet to make an appearance in North Texas, Gainesville and Cooke County veterinarians are prepared if the condition should change. These parasitic flies are named for ...

Construction of the facility in Mexico began just 11 months ago. The site will add 100 million more sterile flies to combat ...

With a dozen cases of the New World screwworm in neighboring states, Oklahoma officials have tightened livestock rules.

Maureen Cleary likens the love lives of the African penguins at the Lincoln Park Zoo to a soap opera. Pilchard and Maynard ...

Ranchers, veterinarians and government agencies are battling the invasive US screwworm infestation on multiple fronts. Will ...

The giant Goliath frog builds specialized nests, moves rocks, and raises tadpoles that eat only one aquatic plant.