The new leech species has three jaws, five pairs of eyes aligned in a U-shape, a disc-shaped “caudal sucker” for attachment, ...

Starting April 16, bats are protected in Florida so baby bats aren't left stranded. You'll need a permit to have any removed ...

The Travel Health Pro website, which is linked to the Foreign Office's 'Health' foreign travel advice page, has issued a warning to some tourists in Greece about a potentially fatal disease ...

Rocky Mountain National Park is asking visitors to take precautions to protect the bat population after an invasive fungus was found in the park.

Bats have settled in under the visitors' side bleachers, so the city hired a company to seal off all holes and cracks in the ...

Temperatures and their fluctuations in the surrounding environment around the time conception occurs affect humans' risk of ...

Rats have long been notorious for spreading disease, but a new study reveals just how much human-altered landscapes can ...

A bombshell Defense Department report reveals that seven US service members contracted COVID-19-like symptoms after ...

Animals often get labeled as either predators or prey. But in the wild, survival isn’t always a one-animal job. Some species ...

Pandemic concerns have resurfaced in the UK following a new case of zoonosis, with health authorities contemplating the ...

Invasive species cause environmental mayhem when they establish themselves in a new ecosystem. But these interlopers can also impact human health directly. Deadly diseases can jump from animals to ...