Biodiversity

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tickborne diseases are on the rise. That means if you’re outdoors, you need to take precautions.

Two studies of ancient felines find that cats were likely domesticated in Egypt or other regions in North Africa — and moved into Europe with humans much later than previously believed.

Children learn about the “three sisters” – corn, beans, and squash – growing together, but that’s only part of the story.

Cats or dogs? Dogs or cats? Whether you’re a feline fanatic or with the canine crowd, maybe you’ve noticed your cat has an eerie resemblance to a popular purebred pug on social media, or that your dog is starting to look like a lot of Instagram cats.

Pugs, Persian cats, and other smushed-face cats and dogs are more similar to one another than they are to the wild animals they evolved from

Walk into any pet show and you’ll see them – flat-faced Persian cats with plush coats and round eyes, or pug dogs waddling about with their unmistakably squished faces.

A WashU research team spent 45 days traveling to different wildfire locations in the western United States where they sampled gaseous smoke and aerosol species and analyzed their chemical and optical properties.

Federal spending cuts have put some Metro East infrastructure projects in a state of uncertainty, including plans to address sewage spilling out of city pipes in Cahokia Heights.

Disease surveillance programs worldwide are suddenly in limbo

After one of the longest avian flu outbreaks in recent history, researchers at Washington University have created a microwave-sized biosensor that can detect bird flu in dairy farms from a single breath.