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 ...

Wild animals can carry diseases such as rabies, Lyme disease, hantavirus, leptospirosis, and histoplasmosis. Some of these can be severe or even deadly if untreated.

INTRODUCTION Histoplasmosis is an infection caused by Histoplasma capsulatum that affects humans and several other animal species 18, 20. The organism grows profusely in soil that is rich in the ...

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

More than one-third of species that eat some amount of carrion are threatened or declining, a new analysis finds, and that ...

Researchers examine how the use of animal testing to identify endocrine-disrupting substances in the EU can be reduced.

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

Heterogeneous Hippo pathway (YAP/TAZ) activation in lung adenocarcinoma drives tumor progression by enabling ferroptosis ...

An analysis of mpox virus genomes from individuals infected between 2018 and 2023 has provided insights into how the virus ...

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

The manure of farmyard animals such as pigs is a major source of antibiotic-resistance genes, which can pose a risk to human ...