Oklahoma deer test positive for coronavirus
The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation biologists have confirmed cases of coronavirus in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in the state after ...
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COVID-19 lockdowns brought out the birds
Nicola Koper had been studying the impacts of human development and traffic on wildlife for decades, often creating manipulative experiments to test how noise ...
COVID-19 lockdown affects mammals across globe
As far as the average long-tailed macaque was concerned, life was pretty good in a small Thai village near the border of Laos. Tourists came through the village ...
WHO forms group to probe COVID origin
The COVID-19 pandemic has thrust wildlife health and zoonotic disease to the forefront. Yet researchers are still unsure where the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes ...
First U.S. ferret with COVID-19 confirmed
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed the first case of SARS-CoV-19 in a ferret in the United States. ...
USDA to expand search for coronavirus in animals
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is preparing to increase surveillance for SARS-CoV-2, looking at a wider range of species for incidences of the virus that causes ...
Wild deer contract coronavirus
Deer are contracting the novel coronavirus in the wild, according to a recent USDA-APHIS study in preprint. Researchers found antibodies to SARS-CoV-2—the virus ...
Rabies spikes among Texas cattle, likely due to skunks
Rabies appears to be on the rise among cattle in Texas. Biologists believe the disease, which can spread quickly through herds, is being spread by skunks. The ...
Whooping crane efforts resume after COVID cutbacks
Efforts to restore endangered whooping cranes (Grus americana) to the wild have resumed after COVID-19 precautions brought the program nearly to a halt. Fourteen ...
Can wildlife science help track COVID-19 in humans?
The ability to track an emerging infectious disease quickly and accurately within a population is a critical piece of the public health response. For example, mask ...