Explore the ways animals and plants protect human health and what’s at stake when species are endangered.

You’ve heard the slogans: save the whales, protect our pollinators. You may have lamented the decline of polar bears or the ...
NPR

From vultures to hyenas: How scavengers protect human health

Worldwide, populations of scavenging animals that feed on rotting carcasses are declining. Scientists are finding that this can seriously hurt human health. NPR science reporter Jonathan Lambert has ...
Reuters

Animal health body says vaccines needed to protect humans and trade

PARIS, May 23 (Reuters) - Vaccinating animals more widely could help stop the spread of deadly diseases, protect public health and keep global trade flowing, the head of the World Organisation for ...