Tag: Zoonotic diseases
Rabies is an ancient, unpredictable and potentially fatal disease − two rabies...
Rodney E. Rohde, Texas State University and Charles Rupprecht, Auburn University
A feral kitten in Omaha, Nebraska, tested positive...
By ‘helping’ wild animals, you could end their freedom or even...
Julian Avery, Penn State
For anyone who enjoys nature, summer is a fascinating time to be outside. Animals are...
Leprosy-causing bacteria found in armadillo specimens highlight value of museum collections...
Daniel Romero-Alvarez, University of Kansas
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As bird flu continues to spread in the US and worldwide,...
Sara Sawyer, University of Colorado Boulder; Emma Worden-Sapper, University of Colorado Boulder, and Sharon Wu, University of Colorado Boulder
The next pandemic is already happening – targeted disease surveillance can...
Maureen Miller, Columbia University
As more and more people around the world are getting vaccinated, one can almost hear...
Museum specimens could help fight the next pandemic – why preserving...
Jocelyn P. Colella, University of Kansas and Bryan McLean, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
Imagine yourself as the first naturalist to stand in a...
Museums preserve clues that can help scientists predict and analyze future...
Pamela Soltis, University of Florida; Joseph Cook, University of New Mexico, and Richard Yanagihara, University of Hawaii
In less than 20 years, communities around the...
It’s wrong to blame bats for the coronavirus epidemic
Peter Alagona, University of California, Santa Barbara
Genomic research showing that the COVID-19 coronavirus likely originated in bats has produced heavy media coverage and widespread...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
