Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Identifying and prioritizing the many unknown viruses circulating in animals is an important part of modeling future pandemic risk ...

Since COVID-19 radically reshaped society, attention has turned toward the hidden costs of the wild animal trade. The allure ...

The longer a species stays in the wildlife trade, the more likely it is that pathogens will spill over between it and humans.

Live animal markets and the illegal sale of wildlife pose particular dangers, but any sale of wild animals or animal products ...

Investment in animal welfare, environmental protection and restoration must continue to be part of public health agenda ...

In 2019, a big outbreak of avian influenza struck Namibia’s endangered African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) population. The IAEA-FAO’s sequencing service was able to help characterize the outbreak as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The connection between the wildlife trade and pathogen emergence is not new - TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP via Getty Images Animals sold ...

Graphic showing which animals host the most zoonotic viruses that have also been found in humans. From COVID-19 to monkey pox, Mers, Ebola, avian flu, Zika and HIV, diseases transmitted from animals ...

Disease epidemics transmitted from animals to humans could kill at least 12 times more people in 2050 than they did in 2020, according to a recently published study. These zoonotic diseases are known ...

New research shows animals lose helpful bacteria when connected habitats are broken. This weakens their defense against ...

There’s an entire world of microbiomes living just under our noses. Although we can’t see them, bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms are as much a part of our daily lives as the air we breathe.