Here, the skin secretions of cane toads appear to act as a defense against lungworms, reducing rather than enhancing their infection success. Thus, although cane toads have been spreading through ...

The sebaceous glands of horses and donkeys create secretions that keep their skin moist and include allomones, or chemical substances that affect the behavior of other plant and animal species.

The image, created by Nigerian medical student and illustrator Chidiebere Ibe, struck a chord with countless people on social media, many of whom said that they had never seen a Black fetus ...

Move over slugging, it’s snail mucin’s time to shine. The current skin care obsession makes use of actual snail slime — AKA snail secretion filtrate — for plumper, softer and smoother skin.

Additionally, we reduced skin secretions in some of the toads to test how their presence or absence affected the infection success of the parasite. A male cane toad in Northern Australia.

Different tick species feed off different vertebrates, explains Eric Siegel, lead author of the research published in the journal PLOS One and a doctoral student at NEWVEC. “Some animals are good ...

Snail mucin, or snail secretion filtrate, is a popular skin care ingredient with several potential benefits. It can help hydrate the skin, reduce the appearance of fine lines, and speed up wound ...

Scientists have developed a technique that aligns stem cells into a single sheet, resulting in a marked increase in the secretion of signaling proteins which help repair tissue and regulate the immune ...