Cancer is ubiquitous in wildlife, affecting animals from bivalves to pachyderms and
cetaceans. Reports of increasing frequency demonstrate that neoplasia is associated with …

Abstract The Antarctic, sub-Antarctic islands and surrounding sea-ice provide a unique
environment for the existence of organisms. Nonetheless, birds and seals of a variety of …

Antarctic cryoconite holes, or small melt-holes in the surfaces of glaciers, create habitable
oases for isolated microbial communities with tightly linked microbial population structures …

Emerging infectious disease has become a serious concern that has consequences for
human, animal and environmental health on a global scale. During the past two decades, it …

The viruses circulating among Antarctic wildlife remain largely unknown. In an effort to
identify viruses associated with Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) inhabiting the Ross …

Host-microbe interactions are ubiquitous and play important roles in host biology, ecology,
and evolution. Yet, host-microbe research has focused on inland species, whereas marine …

Antarctica harbours some of the most isolated and extreme environments on Earth,
concealing a largely unexplored and unique component of the global animal virosphere. To …

Circoviridae is a family of circular single-stranded DNA viruses whose members infect a
wide variety of hosts. While well characterized in avian and mammalian hosts, little is known …

Papillomaviridae is a diverse family of circular, double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) viruses that
infect a broad range of mammalian, avian and fish hosts. While papillomaviruses have been …

Since the last edition of this book, there has been an exponential increase in the volume of
literature on viral infections in marine mammals. This has been fuelled not only by increased …