Four people were bitten by a rabid, stray cat in Hillsborough County, prompting a rabies alert from the Florida Department of ...

In 2024, as zoos were hit hard by H5N1 bird flu, big cats were particularly affected: tigers, lions, a cheetah, and a panther ...

Bites from the snakes — the only venomous snakes likely to be seen in central North Carolina and the Triangle — are rarely fatal to humans. But antivenom, which can be used to treat copperhead bites, ...

An initial clinical trial in Kenya found no safety concerns, a first step toward testing unithiol as a treatment for venomous snakebites in people.

Two cases of alpha-gal syndrome suggest that the lone star tick isn’t the only species in the United States capable of triggering an allergy to red meat.

State Rep. Anita Burroughs says she learned that cat bites can lead to life-threatening infections after her husband tangled with their cat.