Disease

Plant infections can now be detected in our crops before they’re even visible.

Artificial hotspots might be able to help frogs fight off chytridiomycosis.

Since 2020, millions of birds have been struck down by avian influenza, but Oceania remains virus free.

Ticks are becoming increasingly common in the UK and can carry a health risk for people and pets.

New research reveals that Yersinia pestis was widespread across Europe during the Bronze Age, thousands of years before the Black Death.

The bird flu pandemic has reached West Africa after being detected in Senegal and The Gambia.

An outbreak of bird flu has swept the world over the past year, raising fears that humans could become more vulnerable.

A new disease has been described in seabirds, but it might just be the tip of the iceberg.

A process mosquitoes use to weather harsh conditions offers new opportunities in the fight against malaria.  

The protective equipment that kept us safe during from COVID-19 could pose a lethal threat to nature. 

A disease that causes starfish to disintegrate has been reported in the UK and Europe, raising fears for marine ecosystems.

Frogs with less diverse microbiomes are more severely affected by chytridiomycosis than those with a greater range of microbes, suggesting possible new treatments. 

The effect of rising global temperatures on human health may require changes in our behaviour, mindset and the spaces we live in.  

Thousands of seabirds are dropping dead from bird flu at some of the UK's most important seabird colonies.  

As we encroach more on the natural world, new diseases are likely to become more common.

The 1918 influenza pandemic, also known as Spanish flu, can help scientists understand how modern viruses evolve as they spread across the world. 

Diseases which spread between animals and humans, such as Ebola virus, are likely to spread further than ever before.

Understanding how bats, which are one of nature's largest disease reservoirs, have changed over time can help scientists to identify new disease hotspots.

The neck of a diplodocid shows evidence of a disease that still affects birds today.

The 'biggest ever outbreak of bird flu in Great Britain' has been blamed for killing thousands of birds across the UK.

The mountain chicken is teetering on the brink of extinction, but we may now have a way to save them.

For the first time ever, evidence of cancer has been found in the bones of a dinosaur.

The great diversity of life on Earth can become a literal support system.

Real-time genetic sequencing could help save lives. 

Just how much of a threat is the harlequin to the UK’s native ladybirds?

Three separate rabbit populations all evolved immunity to the disease.

Hunting for meat is now a serious threat to the species' survival.

In autumn they seek somewhere to hibernate.

A deadly fungus has been devastating populations of amphibians all over the world - but no one knew where it began until now.

Scientists believe that the arrival of just one more ash dieback spore could kill off Europe's remaining ash trees.