Dr. Charles Conrad Abbott, of New Jersey, was a naturalist who died in 1911. (Contributed photo) All the excitement surrounding the “super-monstrous” 17-inch, 3.01-pound yellow perch coming out of ...

For generations, Lake Victoria supported one of the world’s richest freshwater ecosystems. Beneath its surface lived hundreds of species of cichlid fish, many found nowhere else on Earth. These small, ...

OROVILLE — The first two mosquito pools to test positive for West Nile Virus in Butte County were collected in the areas of Dayton and Nelson. It’s common for the virus to pop up right around the ...

A Culex mosquito, primary vectors for several viral and parasitic diseases inside a house in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, March 3, 2026. (Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A record number of West Nile virus cases have been recorded for this time of year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...