Pepper’s last contribution to science was in May 2021, when he brought home a common cotton mouse carrying a type of ...

Pepper the cat is at it again. After his hunting skills helped virologists identify the first jeilongvirus in the United ...

A cat named Pepper has once again helped scientists discover a new virus—this time a mysterious orthoreovirus found in a shrew. Researchers from the University of Florida, including virologist John ...

Both adults and larvae suffer from extensive predation. They are eaten by spiders, dragonflies, robber flies, and, as you can ...

When a Florida virologist’s cat brought home a dead shrew, no one expected it to lead to the discovery of a previously unknown virus. But that's exactly what happened. The shrew carried a new strain ...