A Nipah virus vaccine developed by the University of Tokyo is set to begin Phase 1 human trials in April, offering hope ...

Several factors contribute to its high mortality. Early detection improves chances of survival but there is no effective ...

The virus — called Nipah — kills more than half of the people it infects. Nipah virus, which was named after the village in Malaysia where the first known patient lived, is part of the same family of ...

Mosquitoes are biting humans more often as biodiversity loss leaves them with fewer animals to feed on, according to new research that warns how this change may be exposing people to more ...

Across jungles, deserts, and even the deepest parts of the ocean, some animals rely on venom to survive and dominate their environments. In this video, we take a closer look at six venomous animals ...

Wild bears most likely spring to mind when you think of the types of creatures that kill humans, but they don't even feature in the top 10. Using data from World Atlas, StatsPanda has ranked the ...

Everyone knows by now that Florida has a problem with the invasive Burmese python. Wild Burmese pythons can pose some risk to humans, even those who aren't purposefully pursuing them. Traffic ...

Anna Champneys does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

There is an ever-growing multidisciplinary interest in the nature of human-animal relationships. 1 When I first learned about Professor Laurent Bègue-Shankland's new award-winning book, The Social ...

When we think of dangerous animals, we often think of sharks, bears, lions, crocs and huge snakes that could swallow a person whole. But many of the most dangerous animals on the planet – those that ...