Forget surviving off a silo of corn if the apocalypse ever rolls around — if a recent study is any indication, the eventual lack of proper nutrients may drive you into the arms of crazed cannibalism.

If you have young children, chances are you get weekly, if not daily, requests for a pet. While a family cat or dog is a right of passage for many, it can be a lot of responsibility for children who ...

Hamsters are some of the most delightful pets, but they’re more than just adorable fluffballs. Beneath their small frames lie ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The daily 1-h intake of solid diet, 7% sucrose solution, and water of gerbils and hamsters tested for a 15-day period was investigated.

In the May 2003 issue of EMBO reports, researchers from the German Robert Koch Institute in Berlin report finding the pathological prion protein PrPSc in a wide range of skeletal muscles after feeding ...