Tag: China

Researchers continue to point to COVID-19 likely originating in a virus carried by bats before it spilled over into an animal at a wildlife market and eventually to humans. In...

A changing climate has pushed more species of bats into new areas, where they may be more likely to share viruses like the one that causes COVID-19 in humans, researchers...

Researchers are trying to zero in on the origin of COVID-19, but many questions remain, even after international investigators traveled to China to gain a better understanding. Nature spoke to...

In the year since COVID-19 reached North America, scientists are still trying to understand the path of the virus from a bat in China to a global pandemic. While Chinese...

The National Institutes of Health has abruptly canceled a grant supporting research in China on how coronaviruses move from bats to humans. Research scientists are criticizing the move, saying it...

In the aftermath of the COVID-19 outbreak, China has banned the consumption of wildlife, hoping to stop the spread of zoonotic diseases into human populations. But does that ban go...

Dogs living around a Chinese nature reserve where pandas are reintroduced can negatively affect the bears by attacking young pandas or introducing parasites and diseases. Growing evidence shows that domestic...

Perhaps looking for an upside to COVID-19, social media has been filling with incredible tales of wildlife recovery due to the pandemic. Swans have returned to Venice. Dolphins are swimming...

In the wake of the outbreak of the latest coronavirus, China has banned the consumption and illegal trade of wild animals. Citing Chinese state media, CNN reports that the National...

Authorities in China have imposed a temporary ban on the trade of wild animals and quarantined wildlife breeding centers after tracing the deadly coronavirus outbreak to a wildlife market in...