Leprosy carried powerful stigma in medieval Europe, but new skeletal evidence from Danish cemeteries suggests the sick were not always pushed aside in death. In medieval Denmark, burial location ...

An early February cold snap killed iguanas across South Florida, delivering a natural blow to one of the state’s most damaging invasive species.

The largest python ever recorded demonstrated how extreme growth is biologically possible in constrictor snakes Unlike venomous species pythons rely on muscular coils to suffocate prey before swallowi ...

Health officials are warning of an algae-contaminated canal in Alva – the second time in the same place since January – and ...

State health officials discouraged foraging this year, saying that toxic mushrooms can easily be confused with safe ones to eat.

Recent news of more than 30 cases of mushroom-related illness and death has prompted some Southern Californians to seek a ...

The California Department of Public Health is urging people to avoid mushroom foraging altogether this year because death cap ...