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Threatened and endangered species were among the dead, likely poisoned overnight by a chlorination system used to decontaminate the animals’ tank water.

The marine animals have evolved a unique molecular pathway enabling them to use toxins to fight off invaders without poisoning themselves in the process.

The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute scientist developed Botox for medicinal use.

Whiteflies overcome a toxin in plants they eat through the use of the plant’s own genetic protection, likely ferried from plant to insect millions of years ago by a virus.

After a nearly 30-year hunt, researchers have shown that a neurotoxin generated by cyanobacteria on invasive plants is responsible for eagle and waterbird deaths from vacuolar myelinopathy.

The roundworm uses cues from visible light to help avoid eating toxic bacteria with a distinguishing hue.

During bacterial infection, autophagy proteins appear to regulate the release of cell-saving exosomes, which bear the brunt of toxin damage.

Specialized exosomes sop up bacterial toxins, a study finds.

Stem cells from nine snake species respond to tissue culturing techniques previously used only on mouse and human stem cells.

A device that illuminates and oxygenates blood outside of the body before pumping it back in removes the gas by freeing hemoglobin from CO.

Genetically engineered Drosophila withstand toxins common in monarch butterflies’ diet.

PCBs persist in the environment and accumulate in killer whales, driving their numbers down.

Officials in one county are running operations to clean up the rotting fish.

The introduction of the poisonous Duttaphrynus melanostictus into Madagascar could be fatally risky for the island’s native predators.

Researchers pinpoint a protein that can metabolize at least one of the insecticides, highlighting a route to identifying compounds that are friendlier to the critical pollinators.

Decades after their discovery by bioprospectors, amphibian-derived analgesics continue to attract scientific attention.

If successful, the treatments could alleviate patients’ pain by reducing inflammation.

Compounds in the arachnids’ venom interact with ion channels to both cause and block pain.