Tropical rainforests in Central and South America house one of the world’s most unique mammals, the slow-moving, tree-top ...

The Oropouche virus has been linked to Zika-like outcomes in pregnant people, with cases more than doubling in 2024 ...

Research in Honduras shows that humans began selecting for larger fruits with thicker rinds as early as 7,500 years ago—long ...

This uplifting post from discover.animal shows some good Samaritans helping a lucky sloth make its way across traffic and into the forest. Sloths are typically docile and are rarely a danger to people ...

Health experts are warning about a tropical disease spread by midges and mosquitoes, recently detected in US travelers ...

Image via Shutterstock Doctors are concerned about the rise of a rare but incurable virus at several popular vacation destinations. There's concern about the virus spreading. It's called the oropouche ...

W hat do you get when you cross a sloth with a bear? Well, that one's easy: you get a sloth bear, which, while not actually ...

The Oropouche virus, dubbed "sloth fever," is spreading fast in popular holiday getaways. It has already been found in a few American patients who returned recently from certain parts of the Caribbean ...

It’s commonly referred to as “sloth fever” because the virus was ... the virus has started popping up in new areas of South America and the Caribbean where it hadn’t been seen before ...

It’s amazing, it’s amazing! I have no other word to describe it.” That’s how biologist Marcos Roberto de Brito defines the ...