Do pathogens bioaccumulate in top predators?
Cougars, top predators with a wide-ranging palate, have been known to prey on bobcats and domestic cats when their regular ungulate prey isn’t available. Jennifer ...
zoonotic disease
White-tailed deer can get coronavirus but show mild symptoms
In the year since the novel coronavirus erupted in North America, biologists have gotten a better sense of what impacts the virus could have on the continent’s ...
Captive cougar tests positive for coronavirus
The first cougar (Puma concolor) in the United States has tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans. The cat and several other ...
TWS2020: Dogs could herald zoonotic diseases in Amazon
Peru’s Manu National Park seems a long way from anywhere by the measure of just about anybody — except maybe the Matsigenka people who live in the region. Even ...
Coronaviruses increase in captive animals
Wildlife markets instigate the spread of coronaviruses among captive animals destined for human consumption, according to new research conducted on field rats. ...
Healthy ecosystems deter disease transmission
Deadly diseases like COVID-19 are less likely to jump from wildlife to humans if healthy, intact ecosystems are conserved, according to a report and a separate ...
How bats live with coronaviruses
Bats have evolved an intrinsic immunity to coronaviruses that stops them from getting sick, though they still carry the disease. New research shows that the ...
The May/June issue of The Wildlife Professional
The Wildlife Professional is an exclusive benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published six times annually, the magazine presents timely research news ...
Pet cats test positive for COVID-19
Veterinary tests revealed that a pair of pet cats in New York state have tested positive for the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in humans. Earlier research in ...
Plague infects Yellowstone cougars
Cougars in the United States have been contracting the same bacteria that causes the disease that killed a number of the people throughout the world in the mid-14th ...