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Humans are spilling the COVID-19 virus back into wildlife! Study finds widespread infection in backyard animals

Genetic analysis of wild animals has revealed not only the presence of SARS-CoV-2, but also the eme…

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Parasitic worms are set to become a whole lot more common because of climate change, study says

Climate change is often associated with rising temperatures, but it has also led to an overall incr…

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A jawless alligator was rescued in Florida, and the injury is more common than you might think, wildlife park director says

Gatorland wildlife park, where the gator now resides, is deciding on a name for her. The options in…

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I'm a wildlife photographer — here's how I manage my period when out in nature for months at a time.

Managing your period at work is tougher when your job is wildlife photography. Erin Ranney says her…

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Returning wolves could save Rome from the herds of wild boar invading the city, say wildlife experts

Italy's growing wolf population could be the answer to wild boars terrorizing Romans in the streets…

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Scientists find 18 more viruses from China's wet markets

The origins of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, which has so far resulted in 253.6 million cases o…

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The best way to prevent more diseases from jumping from animals to humans is to stop deforestation and wildlife trading

Experts expect the world to see more animal-to-human disease spillover — unless we actively fight d…

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The coronavirus likely traveled 800 miles to Wuhan from farms that breed wild animals for food, a WHO report found

WHO experts investigating the coronavirus' origins think it jumped from bats to an animal species l…

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Bird flu scare reaches Himachal Pradesh as 1,800 migratory birds drop dead

With the toll of migratory waterbirds rising to over 1,800, and almost half of them being endangere…

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Scientists track link between wildlife and COVID-19 outbreak

"We created the circumstances where it was only a matter of time until something like this happens…

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Quarantine wards set up at Corbett to save wildlife from coronavirus

Transmission of the novel coronavirus to a tiger at a zoo in the US has led authorities at the Corb…

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A Utah mink is the first wild animal to be infected with COVID-19, the USDA said

The Utah mink is "To our knowledge ... the 1st free-ranging, native wild animal confirmed with SARS…

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Four tigers and three lions test Coronavirus positive at New York Bronx Zoo

Four tigers and three lions have tested COVID-19 positive at the Bronx Zoo in New York, authorities…

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Coronavirus in Maharashtra: 2 women test positive in Mumbai taking the state’s infections to 47

Two new cases of Coronavirus were reported in the Mumbai metropolitan region on Thursday (March 19)…

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A man in his 20s died of the plague in New Mexico's first reported death from the infection in years

The New Mexico Department of Health said it was the first plague-related death in New Mexico since …

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China gave a rare admission of fault, admitting 'deficiencies' in its response to the Wuhan coronavirus that has now infected more than 20,000 people

Such an admission is unusual from the Chinese government, which rarely admits mistakes. It is also …

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The boys rescued from the cave in Thailand could have been exposed to dangerous infections from bats, fungus, or water

In addition to all this, medical officials are concerned the boys could have been exposed to a vari…

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'Zombie deer disease' has now hit 24 US states. You could be eating infected meat without knowing it, one researcher warns.

The biggest risk is that the disease could evolve in a way that enables it to infect people. That's…

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Where Canada's 'super pigs' are most likely to invade the US — and potentially cause millions of dollars in damage

A new study found there's high potential for Canadian super pigs, a cross between a wild boar and d…

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New variant of H5N1 bird flu spreads to marine mammals, heightening concerns for human transmission

Alarmingly, all samples from Argentina, encompassing sea lions, fur seals, and terns, tested positi…