Species

Congo's Ebola cases surpass 10,000 as fears grow of wider African spread

FILE PHOTO: Health workers and humanitarian responders on the front lines of the Ebola response gather to receive a vaccination due to their potential exposure to the virus as part of their work with suspected cases, including contacts, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in the North Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, October 16, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Kenya reports second death from Ebola

FILE PHOTO: A staff member sanitizes an area at Nairobi Hospital, in Nairobi, Kenya October 7, 2026. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

Ebola patient in Nigeria believed to have contracted disease in Uganda, Switzerland says

Travellers stand next to a banner displayed by a health screening station at Murtala Muhammed International Airport following reports of an Ebola case in Nigeria, in Lagos, Nigeria, October 22, 2026. REUTERS/Sodiq Adelakun

Famous Siberian cave yields remains of yak-like Ice Age mammal

A yak grazes on a grass patch some 3,000 metres (9,842 feet) above sea level in the mountains outside Almaty November 1, 2009. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo

Congo Ebola outbreak spreads to new province bordering Central African Republic

Red Cross workers disinfect Rwampara general hospital in Rwampara outside Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 21.

Beijing park's holiday caterpillar hunt targets 'forest food monster'

Scientists in Malaysia discover gecko species unknown to science in Sabah

The small lizard was confirmed as a new species following detailed genetic and morphological investigations by researchers from Universiti Malaysia Sabah.

New cat species identified in Bolivia, first in over a century

Researchers used genetic data to confirm that the cat is a new species, and gave it the scientific name Leopardus tilcayo, retaining its local name.

New transmission from animals likely caused Congo-Uganda Ebola outbreak, study says

FILE PHOTO: Red Cross workers walk in a formation as they disinfect Rwampara general hospital before handling the body of a person who died of Ebola, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain, in Rwampara outside Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 21, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo

Nocturnal ‘coffee frog’ discovered in Costa Rica

Also nicknamed the ‘coffee frog,’ the species has another distinctive trait: males have a translucent throat that inflates with their short, high-pitched call.

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