Every year on July 6, the world pauses to mark World Zoonoses Day — a day that commemorates the historic moment in 1885 when ...

High in northern Peru, three frogs no bigger than a thumbprint have stepped out of anonymity and into the scientific ...

As oil companies push for drilling on the Amazon coast, an underwater war silences the ocean’s most vocal creatures.

In early April, the world woke up to headlines sounding like a cross between “Jurassic Park” and “Game of Thrones”: Colossal ...

The West is filled with land that helps to preserve vital wildlife habitats, according to conservation groups and ecologists.

The combination of climate change and pathogen expansion could be fueling a surge in infectious diseases. GEN consulted ...

It may seem unusual to think of chimpanzees as doctors, but they more closely resemble human healers than you may expect.

An experiment in lab mice found that certain human gut bacteria can absorb PFAS, commonly called "forever chemicals," until ...

A man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, Australian health officials said.

This year "Jaws" celebrates its 50th anniversary. Its success reflects the enduring importance of our most ancient fear: ...

A new study has shown the first habitat suitability model for the endangered bear cuscus in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi, ...

Near a river in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sat a temporary pond, doomed to dry up eventually. Inside swam a “rainbow” creature with “large” yellow eyes. Something about it caught the ...