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Bats and viruses: Beating back a bad reputation

John Cannon 29 Aug 2017

Soil research aided by citizen scientists, boots and all

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 9 Jun 2017

Going viral: How advancements in Ebola disease detection in wild apes can help to prevent dangerous outbreaks

Lalini Pedris 4 May 2017

Illegal bushmeat trade threatens human health and great apes

Claire Asher 6 Apr 2017

Yellow fever is killing howler monkeys in Brazil

Shreya Dasgupta 27 Mar 2017

Field Notes: Predicting how the pet trade spreads infectious disease

Elizabeth Devitt 13 Feb 2017

New species of pea-sized crab discovered — inside a mussel

Shreya Dasgupta 28 Nov 2016

Tasmanian devils are rapidly evolving resistance to deadly cancer

Shreya Dasgupta 31 Aug 2016

Deficient water systems, poor sanitation driving Zika in Brazil

Zoe Sullivan 29 Jul 2016

Chew on this new way to detect disease in primates

Julia John 28 Jul 2016

Disease prevention a boost to human health and great ape conservation

Elizabeth Devitt 21 Apr 2016

Pathogens ‘lurking’ in Lao PDR’s wildlife markets can lead to emergence of zoonotic diseases

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Apr 2016

Zika virus and climate change

Fred Bercovitch 17 Feb 2016

Focus on breeding sites and biodiversity to control Zika, says leading entomologist

Catharine Watson 15 Feb 2016

Deforestation increasing cases of ‘monkey malaria’ in humans, study says

Shreya Dasgupta 13 Jan 2016

Tasmanian Devils hit by a second contagious cancer

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Jan 2016

Palm oil company denies capitalizing on Ebola to advance Liberia operations

Greg Norman 23 Jul 2015

Meager post-Ebola harvests worsen food insecurity in West Africa

Lois Parshley 25 Jun 2015

Did palm oil expansion play a role in the Ebola crisis?

Emmanuel K. Urey 14 Jan 2015

Human infections by ‘monkey malaria’ increasing as forests disappear

Loren Bell 10 Nov 2014

How did Ebola Zaïre Get to Guinea?

Analysis Daniel Stiles 5 Aug 2014

Attack of the killer vines: lianas taking over forests in Panama

Jose Hong 14 Jul 2014

They think, therefore they spread: plants can make complex conditional decisions

Andrew Mann 7 Jul 2014

Fly and wasp biodiversity in Peru linked to strange defense strategy

Nicholas Barrett 18 Jun 2014

From theory to deadly reality: malaria moving upslope due to global warming

Jeremy Hance 6 Mar 2014

Wonderful Creatures: meet the animal that has evolved a cushy, worry-free life inside an octopus

Ross Piper 30 Jan 2014

Hope rises as new malaria vaccine shows promise

Jeremy Hance 12 Aug 2013

Gold mine approved in French Guiana’s only national park

Jeremy Hance 15 Jan 2013

Cell phones help decipher malaria transmission in Kenya

Rina Shaikh-lesko 19 Nov 2012

Aloha, and welcome to the planet’s extinction capital

Mark Szotek 7 Nov 2011

Picture of the day: world’s scariest species

Jeremy Hance 31 Oct 2011

Malaria may hurt conservation efforts, aid poachers

Jeremy Hance 31 Jul 2011

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