There are way more bats than you might think. Second only to rodents, bats make up around a fifth of all mammals, with over 1 ...

Dr. Maylin Soca Perez, DVM, owner of Harmony Animal Clinic in Miami, Florida, has built an impressive 25-year career centered ...

Scientists detect Bartonella bacteria DNA in sand flies from the Brazilian Amazon, with genetic links to Andean strains.

An undercover investigation by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Japan has found inadequate management and 137 bacteria ...

As the world’s climate warms, parasite-carried wildlife diseases will move north, with animals in cold far-north and high-altitude regions expected to suffer the most dramatic increases, warns a study ...

Let's face it—bats get a bad rap. Their links to disease outbreaks and their spooky association with vampires influence their ...

Researchers at Umeå University have identified a key molecular player that helps bacteria survive the hostile environment ...

Zoonotic diseases, like COVID-19, malaria, and rabies, are illnesses that can spread from animals to people and vice versa.

Hansen’s disease (also known as leprosy) has afflicted humans for thousands of years — it has been cited throughout history, ...

CRISPR-based tools can’t easily access the DNA in these organelles, but researchers are finding other ways in.

Blacksmith Medicines, Inc. (Blacksmith), a leading biopharma dedicated to discovering and developing medicines targeting metalloenzymes, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA ...

When microplastics in the human gut alter bacterial composition, it leads to lower pH levels and increased potential risk of ...