Long before humans cultivated crops or sailed between continents, a group of plant viruses was already evolving among wild ...

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

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

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 ...

After H5N1 bird flu was detected in elephant seals gathered at Año Nuevo State Park, other marine mammals have also succumbed, including a sea otter and sea lion. So far, only animals in San Mateo ...

New research shows that deltaviruses can sneak into cells by hitchhiking inside other viruses, highlighting a previously ...

Large-scale evolutionary analysis shows most zoonotic viruses emerge without prior adaptation, while passing through a laboratory leaves detectable genetic signatures, offering a new tool to interpret ...

Orthohantaviruses, such as the Puumala virus, are widespread in Europe, causing flu-like illnesses and severe kidney damage in those infected. It is increasingly considered a zoonotic threat.

The research, published in Science Advances, brought together scientists from Otago and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. The team closely examined the molecular structure of Bas63, a ...

Fast Company recently spoke with Namir Smallwood, who is starring opposite Carrie Coon in a 30-year-old play that feels creepily perfect for our era. Conspiracy theories are literally contagious.

Malware is evolving to evade sandboxes by pretending to be a real human behind the keyboard. The Picus Red Report 2026 shows 80% of top attacker techniques now focus on evasion and persistence, ...