Area of Focus: Disease

May 31, 2023

CWD on the rise in Alberta 

Nearly one in four mule deer tested positive for the disease

May 25, 2023

Environmental risks higher for urban bees

Researchers found more environmental stressors and changes in urban bees’ microbiomes

May 22, 2023

Vermont cave hosts survivors of white-nose syndrome

Biologists hope they can help repopulate devastated bat populations

May 18, 2023

Q&A: Pairing two models to benefit wildlife

Can the longstanding North American Model and the emerging One Health framework work together?

May 2, 2023

White-nose syndrome discovered in Colorado

A Yuma bat became the first bat in the state to test positive for the deadly disease

April 26, 2023

Unusual outbreak raises questions about SARS-CoV-2 in wildlife

Researchers believe an animal infected mink in Poland with an old strain of the virus

April 18, 2023

Report: Nearly half of North American bat species face steep declines

The State of the Bats in North America report documents threats facing bats across the continent

April 17, 2023

Avian influenza linked to seal die-off

Highly pathogenic H5N1 turned up among hundreds of dead seals in Maine

April 12, 2023

Fungus that causes white-nose syndrome found in British Columbia

Officials are now keeping an eye out for signs of the disease in bats

April 11, 2023

Avian flu responsible for three condor deaths

Other condors await testing for the deadly virus