According to Westword, after humans initially transmitted the virus to two tigers, 11 lions and then two hyenas tested positive. While lions and hyenas lived in separate communities, none of the ...

Urban expansion brings wildlife closer to people, creating new pathways for viruses to spread from animals into human communities.

By Hugo Francisco de Souza A new perspective highlights how the influenza D virus and a canine–feline recombinant coronavirus ...

When a virus that once seemed confined to animals starts turning up in both people and their pets, the line between household ...

Researchers in Bangladesh have identified a bat-borne virus, Pteropine orthoreovirus, in patients who were initially suspected of having Nipah virus but tested negative. All had recently consumed raw ...

Infectious disease experts are sounding the alarm about two pathogens in animals that have the potential to trigger the next ...

Two emerging viruses could become the United States’ next big public health threats, scientists warned Wednesday. The animal-borne influenza D virus and canine coronavirus have been flying under the ...

Chickens are able to pass bird flu to humans. (GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler) Avian flu, mad cow disease, hantavirus, black plague and other notorious ailments originated with animals and made the ...

Residents of Fort Collins, Colorado, have been startled by an unusual sight: rabbits with black, tentacle-like growths sprouting from their heads and faces. These disturbing protrusions have earned ...

Two emerging pathogens with animal origins - influenza D virus and canine coronavirus - have so far been quietly flying under the radar, but researchers warn conditions are ripe for the viruses to ...

India is facing renewed concern over Nipah virus in West Bengal and bird flu in Bihar. While both are zoonotic diseases, Nipah virus is deadlier for humans, with a fatality rate of 40–75% and no ...

This is a “what if” interview from the World Economic Forum’s Risk Response Network. To view the rest of the series, click here. In a rapidly interconnected world, the dangers and threats posed by ...