Researchers found first henipavirus strain in North America. What you need to know about new virus in wild animals living in ...

A new virus that is related to the deadly Nipah and Hendra viruses has been detected in shrews in the U.S. However, ...

While the function of the toxin is not clearly known, it probably serves to immobilize small animals and stun larger ones. A major part of the diet of the short-tailed shrew consists of small ...

Researchers at an Auburn University lab collected a mole-like animal that was found with a new species of henipavirus named after the Alabama town where the specimen came from, according to the ...

Long wings; relatively short tail; straight, sharply pointed largely blue-gray bill with a blackish culmen; blue-gray legs. Adult Male: black eye line, crown, nape, and back. Bright orange ...