Gut contains millions of tiny viruses that actually help keep you healthy by controlling harmful bacteria and supporting your ...

Black cats may be considered bad luck in many Western societies, however, one such sooty feline has brought good fortune to a ...

A cat named Pepper has once again helped scientists discover a new virus—this time a mysterious orthoreovirus found in a ...

Pepper’s last contribution to science was in May 2021, when he brought home a common cotton mouse carrying a type of ...

Pepper the cat is at it again. After his hunting skills helped virologists identify the first jeilongvirus in the United ...

This is the first report of adiposity induced in animals by a human virus. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the adiposity promoting effect of a human adenovirus (Ad-36) in two different animal models.

A Japanese veterinarian’s puzzling death from SFTS highlights the danger of this tick-borne virus for which there is no known cure.

When hunter-gatherers began living close to animals, the pathogens that cause the plague and leprosy got closer too.

Pepper, the pet cat who made headlines last year for his role in the discovery of the first jeilongvirus found in the U.S., ...

The Bluetongue virus (BTV-3) is carried by infected midges and can cause animals "significant suffering" and death, according to a letter sent to farmers from the chief vet Sheila Voas. She said ...

Researchers have identified a rare cell type and the signaling pathway behind how lung damage from toxins like wildfire smoke ...