This talk brings together experts in pathogen genomics, virology, ecology, climate science, and data science to explore how AI, genomic surveillance, and…

Join the Parasites and Pathogens SIG for this webinar covering the implications of the range of diseases present in the wild bird population.

The sunflower star, which can be bigger than a hubcap, escapes a wasting disease by hunkering down in fjords.

Many disease epidemics recur seasonally, and such seasonal epidemics can be shaped by species interactions among parasites, pathogens, or other microbes. Field experiments are a classic approach for ...

Save the pandas, sure, but what about the worms in their guts?

Hendra virus is an important zoonotic pathogen in Australia, with widespread presence in flying fox reservoirs and serious health consequences for horses and humans. This study describes the epidemiol...

The DNA of Yersinia pestis bacteria has been found in a Bronze Age sheep, offering a clue to how the plague may have spread through prehistoric farming communities

Research from UQ has found the sex of feral pigs and seasonal conditions are likely to intensify potential disease outbreaks in pig populations.

Pathogens exert strong selection on hosts that evolve and deploy different defensive strategies, namely minimizing pathogen exposure (avoidance), directly promoting pathogen elimination (resistance) and/or managing the deleterious effects of illness (...

Our study highlights the importance of considering intraspecific variation in host tolerance and resistance to pathogens. We apply a multistate model as a new way to quantify host tolerance and resis...

Abstract. Seabirds are frequently infected by avian influenza virus (AIV), which prior to 2021 primarily consisted of low-pathogenic AIV with limited repor

Summary: Canaries fed a diet high in lipids show more severe disease outcomes than those fed a high-protein diet, with important implications for human and wildlife disease transmission.

Post provided by Andrea Tonelli Over the past five decades, more than half of emerging infectious diseases in humans originated from animals, with zoonotic pathogens posing a growing threat to glob…

Tiantian Lin, Abdul Manan, Shuya Yang, Guoqing Zhu, Yan Wang, Zhicong Dai, Klaas Vrieling, and Bo Li. This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology review article which can be found here…

Invited Research Highlight: Matthews, A. E., Trevelline, B. K., Wijeratne, A. J., & Boves, T. J. (2024). Picky eaters: Selective microbial diet of avian ectosymbionts. Journal of Animal Ecology. Trop....

In December last year, hundreds of researchers from around the world gathered once again for the BES Annual Meeting, this time based in Liverpool. The conference was another great success for the S…

The surprising discovery of entities smaller than viruses raises profound questions about what life is and how it got started

Influenza viruses have caused four pandemics during the last century.1 The 1918 H1N1 pandemic claimed 20–50 million lives, the 1957 H2N2 pandemic and the 1968 H3N2 pandemic claimed 1–4 million lives e...

The DNA of Yersinia pestis bacteria has been found in a Bronze Age sheep, offering a clue to how the plague may have spread through prehistoric farming communities

2025 International Conference: Lyme Borreliosis and Other Tick-Borne Diseases  Overview For more than 40 years, this meeting has been the major

We infected offspring of guppy, Poecilia reticulata, pairs in which either the father or the mother had previously been infected. We found that, in accordance with parental investment theory, fathers...

We are pleased to invite you to the first BSP supported TrypsClub meeting! Our aim is to bring together researchers working with trypanosomatid parasites, discuss recent publications and get to know ...

The next UKPSN conference will be held in Glasgow on 23rd April 2025 at the Sir Charles Wilson Building, University of Glasgow. Further details and links below.

Katherine H. Malinski, Christopher S. Willett, Joel G. Kingsolver This is a plain language summary of a Functional Ecology research article which can be found here. Climate change is increasing the…