Border residents are being cautioned against handling injured or distressed bats as health experts highlight the risks of ...

Australia's ecosystem could face a disastrous future if the cause of a mystery illness killing two of the country's most ...

A record number of lorikeets and flying foxes are being hospitalised with a mystery illness putting wildlife volunteers under ...

While officials claim the degraded samples pose no threat, experts express concern over the missing pathogens, including lyssavirus and the highly lethal hantavirus. Chief Health Officer Dr John ...

In August 2023, Queensland Health discovered that 323 vials containing viruses such as Hendra, Orthohantavirus, and Lyssavirus had been missing since 2021. Minister Timothy Nicholls denounced this as ...

Authorities in Queensland, Australia, are investigating a significant biosecurity breach after hundreds of virus samples, including nearly 100 containing the deadly Hendra virus, went missing from ...

The pathogens that cause rabies belong to a genus of viruses called Lyssavirus that target warm-blooded vertebrates. Although researchers believe that all mammals are susceptible to infection, only ...

Meet Annie Schoenberger, the local legend who has turned her property into a sanctuary for flying foxes and a restored rainforest.

False. Disease X isn’t a real disease, and while there was a laboratory breach in 2021, the lab is not funded by Mr Gates. AAP FACTCHECK – A security breach at a Queensland lab is being falsely spun ...