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

Scientists have identified a new strain of orthoreovirus, thanks to a catch made by a professor's cat. Orthoreoviruses are ...

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

Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH’s Medical Collection to decode ...

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

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

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

A pet cat in Florida may have made scientific history by enabling the discovery of not one but two new strains of viruses. The cat in question, called Pepper, is like many cats, in that he likes to ...

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