Dogs and cats may be America’s most popular pets, but nearly 11 percent of us share our lives with exotic creatures, which require a...
May 24, 2013
Health & Science
May 9, 2013
A python here, a hedgehog there—it’s all in a day’s work for veterinarians who care for zoological companion animals
May 6, 2013
Dental student Kelly Kimiko Leong is conducting neuroscience research at NIH to find answers
Fear of pain and general anxiety about the dentist cause many patients to neglect their oral health. Kelly Kimiko Leong, D14, is conducting basic...
May 6, 2013
Injured peregrine falcon nursed to health at Tufts takes to the skies once more
For many wild animals, a severe injury means certain death. But a young male peregrine falcon found on Nantucket last fall got lucky: someone...
May 3, 2013
Barbarajean Magnani, pathologist-in-chief at Tufts Medical Center, deploys her fictional, poison-savvy assassin to educate us on real-life toxicology
Lily Robinson—stiletto-heeled, raven-haired, a devotee of Armani, deadly plants and a certain sea snail that spears its unsuspecting prey...
April 30, 2013
Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood and Tufts Medical Center are connecting in new and promising ways to fight a rare type of cancer
If the early 20th-century painter Edward Hopper could transport his easel to Boston in 2013, he would feel right at home amid the worn brick...
