SCHOOL groups and tourists are visiting a bat-filled cave riddled with Marburg virus, previously flagged as having pandemic potential. “Python Cave”, in western Uganda, is home to tens of ...

Scientists at the University of Florida have developed a rapid eDNA test that can detect invasive Asian swamp eels and ...

A Southern African python was safely rescued and relocated from a residential settlement near Tarentaalrand after taking a ...

The port in Lampung has long been identified as a gateway for the illegal transport of wildlife, especially wild birds, from ...

There are moments in the evolution of a nation when a single incident, seemingly isolated, exposes a deeper and more troubling ...

Discovery of many predators feeding on bats may be a ‘Rosetta Stone’ for understanding how diseases spread between animals, researchers hope ...

You’ve probably seen a headline or two about an invasive species taking over. Perhaps you’ve seen a sign warning of ...

Surgeons were stunned when a routine brain biopsy revealed a living, 80mm predator thriving inside a patient’s frontal lobe.

Before pythons and anacondas, 47-foot giants slithered through steamy rainforests. These prehistoric snakes redefined what ...

Researchers may have stumbled upon 'ground zero' for a deadly virus that kills nine in ten patients infected with it.

Scientists have developed a new way to help understand what happens in the body when people consume a plant product and the ...

To improve their chances of survival, animals must learn – and that can be dangerous. A new study from the University of ...