In a new book, experts focus on a wide array of animals, their emotional ups and downs, and what contributes to a ...

Transmission of diseases to triggering allergies and carrying parasites, here's why asking kabutars or pigeons to 'ja ja' is ...

Justin Smith of the Kansas Department of Agriculture talks about the New World Screwworm parasite and its northward expansion ...

The webinar, 'After the Lab: Legal Solutions to the Laboratory Animal Rehoming Problem’, explored ways to help researchers ...

An mRNA vaccine shows promise by helping young elephants Sanjay and Kabir test negative for EEHV at Cincinnati Zoo.

Twelve people on a family vacation in Costa Rica in December 2024 were sickened with histoplasmosis when they came in contact with bat droppings while touring the popular Venado Caves, according ...

A family of 12 fell ill with histoplasmosis after visiting Costa Rica's Venado Caves. The CDC is involved in addressing this fungal infection outbreak.

Five sought help from doctors, while one was hospitalized after scans showed changes in the lungs that looked like lung cancer. The family was eventually diagnosed with histoplasmosis — a bat ...

A bat cave in Costa Rica is likely the reason a family caught a fungal lung disease known as histoplasmosis. In December of last year, a family of 13 visited Arenal and Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica ...

Know the animals most prone to rabies and protect yourself. What is histoplasmosis? Histoplasmosis is a fungal disease commonly linked to bats and bird droppings, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Humans have selectively bred animals and crops since the beginning of agriculture, but advances in biotechnology have provided genetic tools to select specific traits. First applied to animals in the ...

The U.S. Embassy in Costa Rica has issued a warning about a heightened risk of histoplasmosis associated with caving activities. Costa Rica is regarded as endemic for the disease, attributed to the ...