Beavers Don't Just Build Dams, They Build Nations

This malleable landscape, created through the retreat of melting glaciers, is virtually impassable by humans, but provides ...
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ER Visits for Tick Bites Highest in Over a Decade. How to Protect Yourself

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that a rise in tick bites is causing higher-than-usual ER visits ...

I thought I kept getting food poisoning. It turned out, a tick bite changed how my body reacts to red meat and pork.

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The 4 types of venomous snakes in Tennessee and where to find them

Two subspecies of copperhead, out of the four identified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, live in Tennessee. Northern ...

5 of Florida's most dangerous animals and how to stay safe

Here's a list of five of Florida's most dangerous animals and what to do if you run into a shark or gator while swimming in ...
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"The real danger comes when they horrifyingly attach INSIDE your body..."

Leeches are famous for drinking blood – and being used in medicine. But can these slippery little vampires ever be deadly?
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"The real danger comes when they horrifyingly attach inside the body..." Can leeches ever kill you?

Leeches have a wonderful talent for making human skin crawl. Soft, blind and voracious, they fasten on, slice the skin and drink until they are fat with blood. Most of the time, though, the real ...