Dozens of cattle and a moose dropped dead amid an anthrax outbreak in southeastern Wyoming, officials say. The bacterial disease was detected in multiple beef herds for the first time since the 1970s ...

BILLINGS – Microscopic analysis by Montana scientists has revealed the first detailed structure of the pathogen that causes chronic wasting disease, the always fatal illness that infects deer, elk and ...

For decades, chronic wasting disease has plagued Colorado’s deer, elk and moose herds. While Colorado Parks and Wildlife has been working to manage and respond to outbreaks of the fatal neurological ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Chronic wasting disease might just be the most terrifying ...

A Wyoming moose died during a rare anthrax outbreak late last month, according to a recent press release from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD). The case marks the first recorded instance of ...

An anthrax outbreak killed dozens of cattle and a moose in southeastern Wyoming. Photo by Carol Highsmith's America via Unsplash Dozens of cattle and a moose dropped dead amid an anthrax outbreak in ...