At least 10,000 virus species have the ability to infect humans but, at present, the vast
majority are circulating silently in wild mammals 1, 2. However, changes in climate and land …

Simple Summary Human activities, such as changing the environmental landscape or
developing animal-related tourist attractions and zoos, have greatly increased the …

Biogeography is an implicit and fundamental component of almost every dimension of
modern biology, from natural selection and speciation to invasive species and biodiversity …

The number of microbes on Earth may be 1030, exceeding all other diversity. A small
number of these can infect people and cause disease. The diversity of parasitic organisms …

Primates in peril: the significance of Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia and the Democratic
Republic of the Congo for global primate conservation [PeerJ] Related research Download …

The last 50 years have witnessed rapid changes in the ways that natural history specimens
are collected, preserved, analyzed, and documented. Those changes have produced …

Recent outbreaks of animal-borne emerging infectious diseases have likely been
precipitated by a complex interplay of changing ecological, epidemiological and socio …

The complex transmission ecologies of vector-borne and zoonotic diseases pose
challenges to their control, especially in changing landscapes. Human incidence of zoonotic …

Background Predicting when and where pathogens will emerge is difficult, yet, as shown by
the recent Ebola and Zika epidemics, effective and timely responses are key. It is therefore …

At least 10,000 species of mammal virus are estimated to have the potential to spread in
human populations, but the vast majority are currently circulating in wildlife, largely …