One moose and more than 50 cattle have died of anthrax in the past month in south-central Wyoming, officials confirmed Wednesday. Anthrax occurs naturally in soil but has not been documented in ...

A naturally occurring bacterium known for centuries, anthrax can infect grazing animals that eat or inhale dormant spores in soil. The disease can be transmitted to humans when infected meat is ...

Soil carbon storage is a vital ecosystem service, resulting from interactions of ecological processes. Human activities affecting these processes can lead to carbon loss or improved storage. Aa Aa ...

The recent anthrax scares on Kaua’i didn’t mark the first time the disease made headlines on the island. Nearly 100 years ago, cattle in the North Shore area, particularly at Princeville Ranch ...

Reports show the laboratory once used for research on the Ebola and bubonic plague viruses is being expanded and renovated ...

Throughout human history, our relationship with the soil has affected our ability to cultivate crops and influenced the success of civilizations. This relationship between humans, the earth ...

The Provincial Veterinary Office (PVET) of Cagayan said the four carabaos found dead in Barangay Matalao in Santo Niño town ...

A worm burrows its way through the dark earth, ingesting particles of soil and expelling nutrient-rich casts in a constant forage for food. Charles Darwin described earthworms as one of the most ...

Anthrax spores are in the soil in many states including South Dakota. Weather conditions such as drought, floods, high humidity and high temperatures allow the spores to become infectious to ...

Affected animals are often found dead. Anthrax spores survive indefinitely in soil and much of South Dakota has the potential of having contaminated soil. Weather events, such as drought ...

Russian scientists have contained an outbreak of the Siberian plague, a bacterial infection known in the West as anthrax, but they believe global warming will bring back even more pathogens ...

Soil is a mixture of tiny particles of rock, dead plants and animals, air and water. Different soils have different properties depending on their composition. Sandy soil is pale coloured and has ...