Three gorillas test positive for COVID-19
Three gorillas have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to a recent U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announcement. Two of the ...
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Endangered ferrets receive experimental coronavirus vaccine
Months before a COVID-19 vaccine was approved for people, about 120 black-footed ferrets at a Colorado facility received an experimental vaccine in an effort to ...
Year in Review: Pandemic redefines the profession
When a novel virus likely spread from a bat to humans in Wuhan, China, it unleashed a pandemic that would define 2020 for the world and showed us how intertwined ...
Utah mink first known case of COVID virus in wild animal
A mink in Utah has become the first confirmed case of a wild animal infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. ProMED, a program of the International Society for ...
Kentucky zoo snow leopards contract COVID-19
Snow leopard at the Louisville Zoo in Kentucky has tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ...
How susceptible are animals to coronavirus?
As Danish authorities prepare to kill millions of farmed mink over coronavirus concerns, it raises questions about how vulnerable other species may be, and if they ...
How has COVID-19 affected wildlife in Italy?
Teaser: Data collected on wildlife in the first European country to go into lockdown shows a mixed bag of benefits and negative impacts Wolves are getting closer to ...
Should we worry about spreading coronavirus to wildlife?
Researchers warn that biologists and others in close proximity to wild mammals should take steps to avoid spreading SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to ...
Sparrows are less cautious around humans with face masks
Sparrows are a little less flighty around humans wearing face masks than those without them on. In a new study published in Global Ecology and Conservation, ...
Closely related COVID-19 viruses have long been in bats
Coronaviruses in the same lineage as the one responsible for the current pandemic have been circulating in bats for decades, researchers found. This provides more ...