In recent decades, scientists and public health experts have increasingly examined how human interactions with wildlife and ...

In 2003, a shipment of exotic African rodents to a pet store in Illinois sparked the United States' first mpox outbreak. Gambian giant rats and other rodents infected prairie dogs, which in turn ...

Confiscated animals smuggled from Mexico and Hong Kong into the U.S. in 2022. (U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California) Animals traded through global wildlife markets are ...

Learn how chronic wasting disease spreads, why infected “zombie deer” act strangely, and whether humans are at risk.

Weak surveillance and climate change could allow deadly hantaviruses to spread unnoticed across African countries, raising ...

As suburbs expand into forests, grasslands, and wetlands, the boundary between human and wildlife spaces becomes less distinct. This shift not only alters the landscape but also affects how germs move ...

In the heart of Dublin, scientists have discovered that the air holds more than melodies and Guinness-infused cheer it carries invisible traces of life, from wildlife to drugs and even human diseases.

This pangolin was confiscated from a smuggling ring that sold endangered animals to restaurants in China. Animals caught up in the wildlife trade pose a great risk of spillover diseases. (Jimin ...