A newly developed AI can predict which cancer patients are at risk for a life-threatening wasting syndrome, a new study says. The syndrome, called cachexia, accounts for about 20% of all ...

Deer, elk, and moose infected with chronic wasting disease can spread the fatal brain illness to other animals long before ...

Wildlife experts have developed a regional computer model—and user-friendly app—that predicts counties in 16 states where wildlife managers should target their surveillance of chronic wasting disease ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Hunters helped conservationists sample thousands of deer for chronic wasting disease during opening weekend in Missouri. The Missouri Department of Conservation says that ...

Yellowstone National Park confirmed its first case of chronic wasting disease on Tuesday, the latest case of the relentless and fatal infection in the same family as mad cow disease that poses an ...

Chronic wasting disease is sometimes referred to as "zombie deer disease," or affected deer can be called "zombie deer" due to the neurological signs of the disease, which include weight loss, lack of ...

Florida wildlife officials have confirmed the state's second case of a deadly and highly contagious infection known as "zombie deer disease" in a wild deer. Health officials in Hood River County, ...

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 ...

New research suggests infectious prions linked to chronic wasting disease may be present even in animals showing no symptoms. The findings raise difficult questions for deer management, hunting ...