A new study led by University of British Columbia researchers has found that pet cats allowed to roam outside unsupervised ...

The longer a species stays in the wildlife trade, the more likely it is that pathogens will spill over between it and humans. That’s the finding of a new analysis published this month – and the ...

There’s an entire world of microbiomes living just under our noses. Although we can’t see them, bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms are as much a part of our daily lives as the air we breathe.

Since COVID-19 radically reshaped society, attention has turned toward the hidden costs of the wild animal trade. The allure ...

In 2019, a big outbreak of avian influenza struck Namibia’s endangered African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) population. The IAEA-FAO’s sequencing service was able to help characterize the outbreak as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The connection between the wildlife trade and pathogen emergence is not new - TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP via Getty Images Animals sold ...

Graphic showing which animals host the most zoonotic viruses that have also been found in humans. From COVID-19 to monkey pox, Mers, Ebola, avian flu, Zika and HIV, diseases transmitted from animals ...

Thought LeadersDr. Laurene TetardAssociate Chair & Associate ProfessorUniversity of Central Florida AZoNano speaks with Dr. Laurene Tetard from the University of Central Florida about her upcoming ...

Tourism at a cave swarming with bats known to have transmitted a deadly fever disease? The popularity of Uganda's Python Cave points to yet another way interactions at the animal-human interface—where ...

While it’s understandable to focus on the diseases affecting humans, it’s important to study how our illnesses may affect animals. When infectious microbes repeatedly replicate in different animal ...