As if its name didn’t warn you enough, there are many good reasons to avoid Python Cave in Uganda. Chief among them is that ...

You do not want to contract Marburg virus disease (MVD). Formerly known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever, it belongs to the same ...

Marburg virus disease (MVD) is a severe and often fatal hemorrhagic disease in humans caused by the Marburg virus. It is ...

A virus that ordinarily affects marine animals has caused glaucoma-like symptoms and even irreversible vision loss in a small but growing group of people in China. This is the first known time that a ...

Juno Beach, Fla. — The veterinary staff at a Florida sea turtle hospital is getting help from space to monitor the animals they've rehabilitated. They're particularly interested in amputees. Using ...

GALVESTON, Texas — A massive Kemp’s ridley sea turtle that washed ashore along the Texas coast is now recovering after being rescued by researchers last week and treated by veterinarians. The ...

You may be sick with what feels like a nasty cold or a case of the flu, but there’s another, lesser-known respiratory virus that could be to blame. Cases of human metapneumovirus, known as HMPV, are ...

Nipah virus is a zoonotic virus. It usually transmits from animals to humans, though it can also spread between people or through contact with food containing the virus. Currently, human cases of ...

The New York City Department of Health confirmed the first case of a severe strain of the mpox virus, formerly known as monkeypox, in New York City. Health officials said Friday that the case is ...

A little-known virus that causes nasty flu-like symptoms is spreading in California — and it doesn’t have a vaccine. Cases of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) have been steadily rising since winter began, ...

A Kemp's ridley sea turtle swims into the ocean after being released by New England Aquarium biologists in West Dennis, Massachusetts, on July 10, 2024. In 2023, the aquarium treated 394 sea turtles, ...

A massive Kemp’s ridley sea turtle — the world’s smallest and most critically endangered sea turtle species — washed ashore on a Galveston, Texas, beach on March 7, 2026, launching an emergency rescue ...