By Carole Tanzer Miller HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, July 17, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Florida virologist John Lednicky ...

Pepper the cat is at it again. After his hunting skills helped virologists identify the first jeilongvirus in the United ...

Pepper, the pet cat who made headlines last year for his role in the discovery of the first jeilongvirus found in the U.S., ...

A cat named Pepper has once again helped scientists discover a new virus—this time a mysterious orthoreovirus found in a ...

When a Florida virologist’s cat brought home a dead shrew, no one expected it to lead to the discovery of a previously unknown virus. But that's exactly what happened. The shrew carried a new strain ...

I’m adorable. And I almost became a coat because of it. If that sounds dramatic — good. It should. Because while humans have […] ...

Pepper the cat, whose owner works at the University of Florida, gathered a specimen containing a never-before-seen virus for ...

The Stuart-based Friends of the Everglades and the Center for Biological Diversity has filed a federal lawsuit to protect the Florida Everglades from the "Everglades Alcatraz" The center is being ...

Florida officials have forged ahead over the past week in constructing the compound dubbed as “Alligator Alcatraz” within the Everglades' humid swamplands.

Protesters line highway in Florida Everglades to oppose ‘Alligator Alcatraz' Hundreds of protesters lined part of U.S. Highway 41 that slices through the marshy Everglades — also known as ...

The temporary detention facility in the Everglades, known as Alligator Alcatraz, is quickly becoming a national story. On Saturday morning, protesters gathered outside where crews are working ...