More than 40% of traded mammal species share at least one pathogen with humans, compared with only 6% of non-traded mammals.

People sell wild animals for food and for traditional medicine — legally and illegally. A study looks at the risks of ...

Decades of data reveal that animals involved in the wildlife trade—from pet sales to meat markets to illegal poaching—are ...

Animals sold in the wildlife trade are 50 per cent more likely to share at least one disease with humans, according to a ...

A virus seems to have jumped from marine animals into people for the first time ever, and it is causing serious vision ...

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 ...

There’s been a new interest in diseases and viruses lately thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, with people being a little more wary of germs than they were before 2020. Now, the World Health Organization ...

Scientists with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station say they are seeing an increasing number of ticks testing ...

A research team led by Dr. Xuewei Chen from Sichuan Agricultural University has developed a genetic strategy to enhance broad ...

Every season brings a new slate of plant pathogens to our Florida lawns and gardens. Luckily, there are many tactics we can employ to help reduce their impact. Florida generally has a warm, humid ...