It turns out that peptide toxins isolated from the venom of some animals–such as the Peruvian green velvet tarantula–can be beneficial when used to target neural receptors to reduce the sensation of pain.

“We’ve shown that lead is harmful by eating the dirt, not from eating the lettuce grown in the dirt," researcher says.

Researchers exposed zebrafish embryos to discs printed by two kinds of commercial 3-D printers

Rice University lab employs clotting powers of viper-derived drug, even in presence of anti-coagulants

Study provides a more complete and complex picture of infectious disease ecology than before

The presence of plant-eating insects sporting bright warning colors may signal plants containing potentially useful chemicals

Bacteria use toxins to turn our own bodies against us, turning healthy proteins into posion

Changes in personality of jumping spiders suggest effects of insecticide exposure may have been underestimated

Moose saliva may, in fact, "detoxify" the grass before it is eaten

The dispersant used to remediate the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is more toxic to cold-water corals than the spilled oil, according to a study conducted at Temple University. The study comes on the eve of the spill’s fifth anniversary, April 20.