The spread of a swine flu variant is raising concerns that the virus could develop to the point where it can be passed ...

State officials are urging caution after a presumptive case of avian influenza has been identified in an ailing duck at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. A student found the duck earlier in the week, ...

Figures out from the USDA this month show egg prices are actually below $1.20 per dozen in October, which the agency said was ...

Architects and microbiologists are exploring whether making buildings hospitable to friendly microorganisms can improve human ...

Flu cases are surging across Asia, with Japan declaring an epidemic and experts warning that influenza may now spread more ...

Among bats, these pathogens spread even more because many species live in highly social colonies. Taken together, this means ...

MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, opening up new frontiers of biological discovery ...

A potentially deadly virus has been detected in mosquitoes just metres from a popular Spanish tourist hotspot. West Nile ...

We have been monitoring the spread of the Asian longhorned tick, especially since it was confirmed in neighboring states,” said Justin Smith, DVM, Kansas animal health commissioner, in the release. 1 ...

A rare and seasonally-colored lobster is joining spiders, bats, and even some oozing fungi as some of nature’s best Halloween ...

A new study led by Hongbo Gao, from the Changchun Veterinary Research Institute and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, has made a worrying new virus discovery ...

A LARGE shipment of potentially contaminated meat has been seized by officials. More than 300 kilograms of the illegal ...