University of Queensland researchers say Australia's reptiles are at risk of extinction because a little understood fungus is ...

Moving populations from one place to another is a conservation strategy called translocation. The new green and golden bell ...

A deadly pathogen known as cetacean morbillivirus has been detected in Arctic waters for the first time. Researchers found it using a new technique to monitor the whales’ health: flying a drone over ...

Aspergillus fungus thrives because its genome bends easily to new pressures. It lives on soil, grains, animal feathers, even ...

Scientists used drones to collect whale blow, allowing them to test for diseases without harming or stressing the animals. The study detected cetacean morbillivirus in Arctic whales for the first time ...

Cryptococcus neoformans is one of four fungi classified as "critical priority" on the WHO's Fungal Pathogens Priority List, which was published in October 2022 following decades of research and calls ...

A deadly, drug-resistant fungus already spreading rapidly through U.S. hospitals is becoming even more threatening worldwide, though there may be hope for new treatments, according to a new scientific ...

A Hawai'i 'Amakihi, one of just 15 surviving bird species in the Hawaiian honeycreeper family, is a frequent reservoir for avian malaria. Originally, more than 50 distinct species of Hawaiian ...

Ophidiomyces ophidiicola – commonly known as snake fungal disease. We detected it for the first time in free-ranging ...