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COVID-19

Dana Kobilinsky

How did human activity during the COVID-19 lockdowns impact birds?

August 23, 2022

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers began to worry about the fate of long-term wildlife monitoring programs. The Breeding Bird Survey of North America was put on pause during the first spring of …

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New database tracks coronavirus in wildlife

August 9, 2022

A new database provides researchers a central place to see what species have been infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. This information can be useful for scientists to keep up to date …

Joshua Rapp Learn

Coronavirus likely first spread to humans through wildlife market

July 27, 2022

COVID-19 almost certainly passed to humans in a Wuhan wildlife market at the end of 2019, according to a pair of new studies published in Science that used Chinese samples taken from the early days …

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Report supports COVID-19 originating with a virus in bats

June 16, 2022

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 their first report, international scientists …

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Scientists consider minks’ role in COVID spread

May 24, 2022

The spread of COVID-19 among captive mink continues to raise questions about how the virus may spread to wildlife and to humans. Last month, the Centers for Disease Control confirmed that four Michigan residents, including …

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What does deer infection mean for COVID’s future?

May 12, 2022

The virus that causes COVID-19 has spread throughout North American deer populations, but what the impacts may be for wildlife and for humans remains unclear. Hundreds of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) have been infected in …

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Facemasks present concern for sea turtles

May 9, 2022

One toll of the COVID-19 pandemic for wildlife is the spread of facemasks in natural areas. In a routine fecal analysis of a dead green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) found off the coast of Japan, …

Dana Kobilinsky

Humans spread zoonotic diseases back to wildlife

April 4, 2022

While research on zoonotic diseases often focuses on how humans can contract them from wildlife, there’s less focus on how people can likewise spread them back to animals. Researchers recently documented these instances of human …

Dana Kobilinsky

Researchers use genetics to track rabies in bats

March 14, 2022

Researchers have begun to sequence the genes of rabies viruses detected in New England bats using a technique they say can provide important information about how rabies spreads and t be adapted to track other …

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Confiscated pangolins test positive for SARS-CoV-2

March 9, 2022

Pangolins confiscated from the illegal wildlife trade in Vietnam have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in humans. In a new study published in Frontiers in Public Health, researchers found that Sunda …

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