As humans, we often focus on viruses and bacteria because of their role in causing various, sometimes severe, diseases.

Marine viruses were found from the surface down to 4,000m deep and from the North to the South Pole. Though most are harmless to humans, they can infect marine life, including whales and crustaceans.

Researchers at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa have made an exciting discovery: a virus found in the ocean called FloV-SA2 carries the genetic instructions for making part of a ribosome—a crucial ...

Research scientists with Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute weren’t looking for bird flu in bottle nose dolphins along the ...

Bird flu adds to a litany of onslaughts lagoon dolphins have had to endure in recent years. Scientists say the dolphins often ...

Viral reverse transcriptase (RT) plays a critical role in replication (e.g., retroviruses, that reverse transcribe RNA ...

A virus that infects ocean phytoplankton was found to encode a ribosomal protein, a first for eukaryotic viruses. Researchers ...

Israeli researchers have discovered a unique mechanism in marine bacteria that protects them from virus attacks, the Israel ...

A recent study has unveiled a startling revelation: H5N1, traditionally associated with avian populations, has breached into marine mammals. Instances of the virus have been detected in marine ...

This study investigates the viral diversity associated with marine organisms in the South China Sea, to improve understanding of the region's viral ecosystems. Viruses profoundly influence aquatic ...