We expel carbon dioxide as waste. Naked mole rats bathe their brains in it to prevent seizures. The unique animals thrive underground but cannot handle the lack of carbon dioxide above.

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Animal rescue volunteers are racing to find new homes for hundreds of pet rats found running amok in a condemned house in the ...

Three people were wounded in a shooting at a gas station in Kansas City’s Key Coalition neighborhood late Monday, a police spokesperson said Officers responded to the shooting about 11:45 p.m. Monday ...

In the Adams Morgan neighborhood, as crowds poured out of restaurants and into nearby bars, something else was stirring in ...

Animal rescue volunteers are racing to find new homes for hundreds of pet rats found running amok in a filthy, now condemned ...

A Kansas City man is facing a murder charge following a December shooting at a gas station in the city's east side.

Two people are dead and at least six others are injured after a shooting in Salt Lake City Wednesday evening outside a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse where people were ...

A shooting outside a church in Salt Lake City Wednesday night killed two people and wounded several more, authorities and church officials confirmed. Salt Lake City police identified the two men who ...

Two people were killed and six injured in a shooting at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) meeting house in Salt Lake City on Wednesday night, local media outlet ABC4 reported. Glen ...

At least three of the injured are in a critical condition following the shooting, which occurred on Wednesday, Jan. 7, police have said Salt Lake City Police Two people are dead, and at least six more ...