Green iguanas are an invasive species in Florida. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission noted that they are ...

We are what we eat. And in the ocean, most life-forms source their food from phytoplankton. These microscopic, plant-like ...

A flesh-eating parastic fly is inching back ever-closer to the United States border as funding for surveillance of the worm ...

A flesh-eating parasitic fly has spread north through Mexico to within a few hundred miles of the U.S. southern border. The ...

If you were a starving snake in a barren landscape, your most nutritious available lunch may just be another snake. While cannibalism is an absolute taboo to us humans, it’s remarkably widespread in ...

Shrubby Mediterranean herbs tend not to be attacked by slugs and snails. This could be down to their woody habit or their oily, unpalatable leaves. Lavender is a fantastic slug-proof plant, bearing ...

Land snails can shut down their bodies in extreme weather, surviving through a rare state known as estivation.

My brother is serving a 30-year sentence in Green Haven prison in the Hudson Valley. He has already given 13 years of his ...

The paleo diet popularized the image of a meat-based caveman-style diet, but that image is far from the archaeological truth. According to scientific research about what hominins and early humans ate, ...

I have never been to Paris, France. I do know, however, that it is a place known for its fine dining. After the baguette bread and a type of very thin pancake known as a crepe (I find them a very poor ...

March 9, 2026 (San Diego’s East County) – Rat lungworm (Angiostrongylus cantonensis), a brain-eating parasite, has been found for the first time in San Diego County. It can be transmitted to humans, ...

Welcome to Just One Dish, a Foobooz series that looks at an outstanding item on a Philly restaurant’s menu — the story behind the dish, how it’s made, and why you should be going out of your way to ...