Scientific abstract scrutinizes two human deaths, but there’s no evidence CWD has jumped species barrier

Nothing about this new report changes current knowledge or guidance on CWD in deer. The evidence remains strong that CWD in deer and elk is not causing disease among hunters who consume infected ... Read More

How Do We Know What Animals Are Really Feeling?

Animal-welfare science tries to get inside the minds of a huge range of species — in order to help improve their lives. Read More

Unexpected Prime Vector of Viral Transmission: Humans Surpass Other Animals in Spreading Pathogens

new research demonstrates that humans are the predominant spreaders of viruses, transmitting a greater number of pathogens to other animals than we receive from them. Our status as the leading ... Read More

30 adorable things humans do that will make your day

We are so used to studying animals’ behavior—ranging from the quirks of our own pets to ... buttons to press to let other humans know we're at their house. We hold hands with people we like. Read More

Humans pass more viruses to animals than they pass to us: Study

(NewsNation) — Humans ... other way around, according to the study. Labradors tend to become obese and here’s why “This really highlights our enormous impact on the environment and the ... Read More

New Species News

17, 2024 — Researchers have shown that an Amazonian butterfly is a hybrid species, formed by two other species breeding ... Species Cannot Tolerate Intense Human Pressures Apr. 5, 2024 ... Read More

News tagged with modern humans

Competition between species played a major role in ... Cambridge study that revises the start ... Why did humans take over the world while our closest relatives, the Neanderthals, became extinct? Read More

Does Sense of Order Distinguish Humans From Other Animals?

and bumblebees who teach each other how to solve puzzles. Human beings aren’t the only animals with culture. Still, the extent of our material and behavioral culture is unmatched in the rest of ... Read More

We are the infectors: Humans pass on viruses to animals twice than the other way around!

Infections also plagued other wild animals like ... "This really highlights our enormous impact on the environment and the animals around us." Humans and animals host countless microbes that ... Read More

Extinct human species: how different were they from us?

In fact, other species of humans cohabited on our planet at the same time. And yes, we even bred with some of them. Though in the end, we were the only ones who survived. But how different were ... Read More