National egg prices fell 9 percent last week to an average of $3 a dozen, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The decline continues a recent downward trend in egg prices following a ...

Malaria, responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year worldwide, is caused by a parasite transmitted through the ...

Scientists may have found a solution to stop the spread of malaria: poisoning mosquitoes with human blood. New research suggests that the mosquito-borne malady can be curbed by getting the insects ...

We kept a flock of chickens, as well as a few geese and ducks. I was taught that their eggs were a culinary treasure, valued for flavor and nutritional value. My late mother, a disciple of the egg ...

Once my economical protein choice for breakfast, lunch, or sometimes even dinner, eggs are suddenly feeling like a luxury. It was not so long ago that just five or so minutes in boiling water and ...

Mosquitoes die after drinking the blood of people taking a drug for metabolic disorders — a discovery that could help to prevent the spread of malaria 1. Every year, malaria kills more than half ...

A female mosquito deposits her eggs on the water. Windy days are good for humans and other animals since mosquitoes are not good flyers. If traipsing around in nature, be sure to put on a ...

One of the great marvels of nature is how bears, the largest carnivore in North America, are able to hibernate all winter, living off stores of fat they have built up through the rest of the year.

Egg prices have soared in the U.S. due to an outbreak of bird flu, which has impacted poultry flocks and led to supply shortages. Grocery store prices for eggs vary across the country, with ...

Scientists announced they induced a state of artificial hibernation in mice, potentially paving the way for humans to one day go into some sort of hibernation for space exploration. Researchers ...

LA VERGNE, TN - NOVEMBER 04: Detail view of the USPS logo on a piece of priority mail packaging during a media tour of a United States Postal Service package support annex on November 4, 2021 in ...

Don't worry - perhaps your body's trying to hibernate. Some people get the winter blues on a monumental scale. Sufferers of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) would rather cosy up to a television ...