Researchers from the US believe they have made a breakthrough which could help protect rare species of frogs across the globe. A team from James Madison University showed that a probiotic bacteria known as pedobacter cryoconitis could be used to ward off
Although famously speedy, cheetahs can't seem to outrun a deadly disease called amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis. The illness kills up to 70% of the cats in captivity and has frustrated breeding efforts. In a new study, researchers provide the first compelling
Mopie looked the picture of ape fitness: His shoulders were broad and imposing, his silver-haired back sculpted and muscular, his biceps bulging as wide as a wrestler's thighs when he scratched his head.
"Beware of the dog: you may catch MRSA", warns The Times today, going on to say that letting a dog lick your face, picking up its faeces or allowing it to sleep on your bed could put you at risk of catching salmonella, campylobacter or MRSA.
Malaysia has dropped plans to capture macaque monkeys in urban areas and export them for food and scientific research, after discovering most of the animals are riddled with diseases, a Cabinet minister said Saturday.
Human researchers are killing wild chimpanzees by inadvertently giving them colds, a new study shows for the first time. The researchers in Africa now face a dilemma: let tourists and scientists get close to Africa's great apes and risk spreading diseases
ORPIONS scamper in bowls, water snakes coil in tanks and cats whine in cramped cages, waiting to be slaughtered, skinned and served for dinner.
Welcome to the Qingping market in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, where everything from turtles
These disturbing images have been taken on fox and mink factory farms in the Czech Republic and show problems typically associated with factory farming; these include filthy barren cages, eye infections, disease, physiological issues ......
Oct. 3 Australian scientists say the ongoing fight to save Tasmanian devils from extinction may be doomed.
Researchers have been battling to find a cure for a deadly facial tumor disease that has decimated the numbers of the rare animals -- found only
King County should act immediately to improve "unacceptable" conditions at its animal shelters in Bellevue and Kent and to control the spread of contagious diseases among impounded animals, several members of the County Council said Thursday in reaction t
Gastrointestinal and immune diseases are epidemic. There are over 150 million domestic cats and dogs in the United States alone! If only 10% of them are unhealthy that represents some 15 million cats and dogs.
