When I was a kid, I wanted to be an engineer like my dad. As I grew up though, my dream job changed: journalist, astronomer, scriptwriter, and, finally, biological scientist! Quite broad spanned my ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Compared with vegan and lacto-ovo low-protein diets for those with chronic kidney disease, an omnivorous ...

Surprised scientists have identified the seagrass-munching bonnethead as the first omnivorous shark species. The shark, the smallest member of the hammerhead family, was studied by experts from the ...

Reducing your carbon footprint could start with your dinner. A new report, published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition, ...

A new study demonstrates that omnivorous species are the most resistant to fire. The study analyzes changes in composition and abundance in 274 species after the fire that happened in August 2003 in ...

Scientists have identified the first-ever omnivorous shark — a small-sized species that eats veggies with its seafood. Researchers say the bonnethead shark — the smallest relative of the hammerhead — ...

Seven Days is 30, and we need your help to celebrate. With your donation, we’ll stay on track, delivering rigorous reporting on Vermont news and culture. Last August, my husband and I were hiking and ...

Ditching meat from our diets would save the planet, and save lives, or so the common thinking goes. The meat industry uses a huge amount of water (between 4,000 to 18,000 gallons to make a single ...

A bonnethead shark swims at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans in 2010. Scientists have discovered that the sharks like to eat seagrass and are adapted to digesting it. (Mills ...