For the last 20 years, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, has reigned as one of the most successful global health programs...
Birds get electrocuted on power lines. But people shooting at birds perched on power poles may be even more of a problem. In a survey of...
Echoing patterns in prior years, coronavirus infections are slowly ticking up in parts of the country, the harbinger of a possible fall and winter wave. But...
Why It Matters: The disease can be treated if doctors recognize it. Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease, is caused by slow-growing bacteria called Mycobacterium leprae....
Jellyfish have been floating through Earth’s oceans seemingly forever. But pinning down the exact origin of these squishy sea creatures, which are some of the earliest...
Ocean waves along the California coastline have long symbolized the best the state has to offer: surf-ready swells at Malibu and Rincon; the misty beauty of...
Watching weary day hikes start the long uphill hike from Phantom Ranch, a ranger station at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, Jeff Schwartz has learned...
It’s no secret that we rely on plants to turn carbon dioxide into oxygen. Not only does that make it possible for us to breathe, it...
The researchers also found that women were more flexible in their approaches to hunting as they aged. Which weapons they chose, the game they chased and...
In a world where most pandemic safety protocols have evaporated, where is the sense of urgency to treat, or at the very least support, people with...
