I am one of Hobart's many residents who traveled to a nearby beach to witness Neil the seal—an animal that has been receiving global attention for his wild personality and humorous antics.

A video of a magpie carefully feeding another bird with a broken upper beak has taken the internet by storm, racking up over one million views and sparking a massive outpouring of emotion across social media platforms. The short clip, posted by Instagram ...

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. Research reveals that habitat loss and climate change ...

Humans are constantly exposed to animal viruses through farming, wildlife contact, and the environment; however, most animal viruses never reach pandemic potential. Successful spillover events are uncommon, as viruses must navigate complex biological ...

A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal viruses become capable of sparking human epidemics and pandemics. Using a phylogenetic, genome-wide analysis across multiple viral ...

Scientists found that sea anemones battle viruses with an unexpected immune strategy, revealing that evolution may have invented more than one way to stop infections. Researchers have identified a previously unknown antiviral defense system in sea anemones,

A new perspective highlights how the influenza D virus and a canine–feline recombinant coronavirus may be slipping past standard tests, exposing gaps in global surveillance at the human–animal interface. Study: Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats from ...