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The patients all had symptoms consistent with ingesting brodifacoum, the active ingredient in rat poison. Brodifacoum inhibits Vitamin K, which is essential for blood to clot. It can cause ...

Health authorities believe they have identified two homemade, unlabelled food items which may be linked to a cluster of rat poisoning cases in south-east Queensland. Five people, including one child, ...

The trend for extinct or thought-to-be-lost creatures might be to revive them, but it’s undeniably cooler to actually prove that they still exist. And the rediscovered giant woolly rat is a creature ...

For more than 60 million years, venomous snakes have slithered across Earth. These ancient, chemical weapon-wielding reptiles owe their evolutionary success in part to the effectiveness of their bite, ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - The Oro Valley Police Department has identified the inmate who died in an officer involved shooting on Wednesday afternoon. According to OVPD, Nathan Peru, 31, was the inmate ...

An animal shelter is calling on reptile enthusiasts to help rehome six snakes in its care, including a long-term resident ball python called Ivy, who has been waiting nearly a year for adoption. Corn ...

Taylor Frankie Paul slammed a former friend for "sleeping with my baby daddy." Despite not naming names, Tay's ex Dakota Mortensen seems to have responded. Reminder: Taylor is ABC's next Bachelorette!

Background: Basic neuroscience has identified dopamine and corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) systems and amygdala circuits as key contributors to drug and alcohol reward, craving, and relapse.