New ReviewDiscover the five most dangerous foodborne parasites, from sushi worms to brain-infecting tapeworms. Learn how they enter your body, the risks they pose, and simple steps to protect yourself while enjoying your meals safely.

Spangler has the cure!

Do you know what’s in your water? Do you know what’s buried deep in those depths?

Among the research and funding experts of the global health community, the “Big Three” diseases are AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. As urgent as it is to fight these illnesses, many others also need attention and aren’t getting it....

Lurking in stagnant pools and muddy watering holes, the guinea worm easily gets into the food chain—and, because it is frighteningly invulnerable to stomach acids and the human immune system, it is next to impossible to remove from the...

Caecilians are legless amphibians. Some of them are immune to cobra venom and in a certain sense, some of them eat their mothers from the inside-out and some eat them from the outside-in.

While mosquito-borne diseases like malaria emerge from stagnant ponds and puddles, it is fast-running water, in conjunction with the blood-sucking black fly, that creates a breeding ground for river blindness. Black flies carry a...

Estimated to infect about one-fifth of the world’s population, worm parasites are especially destructive in poor, rural areas of the developing world. This program focuses on the hookworm, a particularly stealthy and resilient invader...

Lymphatic filariasis, a mosquito-borne parasitic disease commonly known as elephantiasis, results in massive swelling of the limbs and genitals, leading to severe disability. Over 40 million people are seriously incapacitated and...

MPC believes strongly in re-cycling. So much so that we have selected a number of best practice examples on the campus of Santa Monica College. Our favorite is the SMC Worm Bin. What would composting do without our little hardworking...

Different types of bait require different methods of getting them onto the hook. Follow these steps.

It's time for some "holiday" enrichment at the San Diego Zoo.

Zookeepers use enrichment to encourage natural animal behaviors.

It's time for some "holiday" enrichment at the San Diego Zoo.

It's time for some "holiday" enrichment at the San Diego Zoo.

The aardvark may be nature's hodgepodge, but all those striking features are there for a reason... and certainly come in handy.

It's time for some "holiday" enrichment at the San Diego Zoo.

What has the ears of a donkey, the claws of a bear, and the tongue of an anteater? Meet Zola the aardvark, and learn what all of those different features are for.

The aardvark may be nature's hodgepodge, but all those striking features are there for a reason... and certainly come in handy.

The aardvark may be nature's hodgepodge, but all those striking features are there for a reason... and certainly come in handy.

It's a Christmas miracle.

Zookeepers use enrichment to encourage natural animal behaviors.

What has the ears of a donkey, the claws of a bear, and the tongue of an anteater? Meet Zola the aardvark, and learn what all of those different features are for.

This week, I will wood turn a heavily woodworm infester oak log firewood into beautiful art project. I could not decide whether this is a wooden bowl or wood vase / vessel so let me know what you think. Turing this unbalanced log on my...