Harmful algae blooms have been rapidly producing in a place previously too cold to host the toxin: the Arctic.

Medium-chain chlorinated paraffins, or MCCPs, have been detected in the air of Asia and Antarctica, but this surprise ...

A 20-year study of water weeds and cyanobacteria in the southern United States pinpoints a bird-killing toxin, and it's not your usual suspect. ... Breinlinger et al/Science 2021.

Reference: Fallon TR, Shende VV, Wierzbicki IH, et al. Giant polyketide synthase enzymes in the biosynthesis of giant marine polyether toxins. Science. 2024;385(6709):671-678. doi: ...

A team from the University of Colorado Boulder discovered an airborne toxin during a field study in Oklahoma. What they detected were medium-chain chlorinated paraffins (MCCPs), a ...

To find this new toxin, scientists had to work together like detectives, assessing the crime scene and interrogating suspects. Susan Wilde, a professor of aquatic science at the University of ...

The toxins in question are known as Medium Chain Chlorinated Paraffins (MCCPs). These toxins are considered toxic organic pollutants, and this is the first time they’ve been discovered in the ...

Poisoning cancer from within. Search for: Science. Archaeology; Ask Us Anything; Biology; Dinosaurs ...

The scenarios all end with the worm’s body invaded by the threads of its hungry captor. The oyster mushroom’s weapon of choice seems to be a toxin: Worms that touch the fungus are paralyzed ...

Yet another news story baits us with the promise of reading about noxious toxins – and doesn't deliver.

Some animals, such as poison dart frogs, carry enough toxic chemicals to kill multiple adult humans, but they've evolved tricks to avoid poisoning themselves.