Methylmercury contamination of the environment is an important issue globally, and birds
are useful bioindicators for mercury monitoring programs. The available data on mercury …

Mercury is a ubiquitous environmental contaminant known to accumulate in, and negatively
affect, fish-eating and oceanic bird species, and recently demonstrated to impact some …

The rapid global spread and human health impacts of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes
COVID-19, show humanity's vulnerability to zoonotic disease pandemics. Although …

Environmental mercury (Hg) contamination is an urgent global health threat. The complexity
of Hg in the environment can hinder accurate determination of ecological and human health …

Urban development can alter resource availability, land use, and community composition,
which, in turn, influences wildlife health. Generalizable relationships between wildlife health …

Mercury (Hg) is a serious metal environmental pollutant. HgCl 2 exposure causes
pyroptosis. When macrophages are severely stimulated, they often undergo M1 polarization …

The prevalence and intensity of parasites in wild hosts varies across space and is a key
determinant of infection risk in humans, domestic animals and threatened wildlife. Because …

Microbial communities in the gastrointestinal tract influence many aspects of host health,
including metabolism and susceptibility to pathogen colonization. These relationships and …

Vector and host communities, as well as habitat characteristics, may have important but
different impacts on the prevalence, richness and evenness of vector‐borne parasites. We …

The mercury (Hg) poisoning of Minamata Bay of Japan widely activated a global attention to
Hg toxicity and its potential consequences to the aquatic ecosystem and human health. This …