Learn how scientists identified genetic clues that distinguish natural viral spillovers from lab-handled viruses — and why ...

A new University of California San Diego study published in Cell challenges a long-standing assumption about how animal ...

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 ...

Discover why tiny Amazon insects are so vulnerable to heat and what their decline could mean for forests, wildlife, and people.

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Researchers have devised a new tool for discerning between naturally occurring viral outbreaks and those resulting from lab ...

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Smithsonian researchers in Panama have begun to reintroduce native golden frogs to the wild in special enclosures ...

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Up to half of the insects in the Amazon region could be exposed to life-threatening heat levels due to progressive, anthropogenic global warming. This is shown by a recent study by the universities of ...