According to Salmon Tasmania, salmon farmers in the area are struggling with a bacteria called RLO, or Rickettsia-like ...

Salmon stocks in southeast Tasmania are facing a new strain of rickettsia-like organism, a bacteria that has long existed in the local farming environment ...

Disturbing photos have shown rotting salmon flesh and dead fish littering the sand of pristine beaches in what environmental ...

A person’s precious organ donation came with an unexpected visitor. In a new paper out this month, scientists have documented ...

Does the rise in diseases like Lyme Disease and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever mean tick populations are on the rise? Are there eco-friendly ways to control ticks?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promised to maintain salmon farming in Macquarie Harbour. Down the other end of the state, ...

Choanoflagellates envelop and digest still smaller cells. Ocean ecosystems depend on these predators to consume plant-like ...

Just as the human body serves as a habitat for bacteria and other microbes, diverse, tiny organisms known as protists host their own microbiomes.

Meanwhile, the others belong within a group that includes Rickettsia, members of which can cause Rocky Mountain spotted fever, typhus, and other infections. In spite of their links to disease in ...

In many parts of the world rabies is still a considerable public health risk. Although dogs are the most important sources and transmitters of infection, in some places wildlife is a greater problem.

Important Note: Pathogen Safety Data Sheets (PSDSs) are technical documents used by individuals working with pathogens in the laboratory. To obtain any other information about infectious diseases, ...

Environment authorities are investigating the deaths of thousands of fish in their pens as well as carcasses and other ...