In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

In the dim waters off the Japanese coast, scientists have stumbled upon something that shouldn’t exist. Or at least not by the rules we thought biology followed. While sequencing DNA from a tiny ...

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like ‘Sukunaarchaeum ...

Protein nanoparticles, such as virus-like particles (VLPs), consist only of the virus shell without any viral genetic information packaged inside. Similarly to viruses, the structural proteins that ...

A catastrophic wave of feline deaths has swept across Cyprus, with thousands of cats succumbing to a deadly coronavirus ...

Viruses are entirely dependent on their hosts to reproduce. They ransack living cells for parts and energy and hijack the host's cellular machinery to make new copies of themselves.

Japan’s veterinarian association has urged members to step up precautions against the potentially deadly severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) virus, after what is believed to be ...