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The threat nobody is talking about? Covid spillback
… rogue pathogens in wildlife before they infect humans. But over the last six months, Fagre and scientists like her have … havoc on mountain gorillas over the past decade, an already endangered population. If Sars-CoV-2 did get into a new … tests, we would immediately report them to state and federal officials,” she says. Finding wild animals most …
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Environmental justice
… We can even estimate trends in the populations of endangered species by field surveys. Fisheries biologists have done … policy has made any improvements in environmental justice over time? Where can one draw a definitional boundary …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… showed that the disease wasn’t caused by a virus but by a species of spirochete bacterium, a type that shares a … that some people believe that Lyme disease didn’t spill over naturally. Because Burgdorfer had ties to the US … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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New study identifies the best areas for rewilding European bison
… Wildlife & Habitat At the end of … rise. However, the study authors argue that ensuring the species’ long-term protection and recovery requires … Video: A map of bison abundance and range over time, based on thousands of simulations. Abundance is …
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Climate change is pushing the American redstart’s breeding range southward
… Wildlife & Habitat As the planetary thermostat climbs, many species in North America are gradually moving northward to … that the redstarts’ range was contracting southward over time. Writing up the results got put on the …
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What is a species?
What is a species? With the advent of molecular biology, … Wildlife & Habitat , … Enacted in 1972, the Endangered Species Act is widely regarded as having saved …
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Bats not the enemy in the fight against COVID-19
… the presence of pathogenic bat coronaviruses in two species of Indian bats in a screening study published in … “The number of viruses in bats and rodents (that have over 2200 species) is expected to be proportionally greater … would be so much easier and safer. Virologists get quick publications easily from bats and bats have few defenders …
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Animal reservoirs—where the next SARS-CoV-2 variant could arise
… reported SARS-CoV-2 infections in 23 nonhuman animal species, including not only big cats like tigers and lions … made the leap from nonhuman animals to human populations over millennia. Yet an infectious disease paradigm that … well. Those measures are now more critical than ever, as habitat destruction, intensified agriculture to meet growing …
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Fifty-year-old law proves we can address environmental challenges
… dying coral reefs, frightening new pollutants, invasive species, widespread extinctions – we hear so many grim … nutrient loads fueled runaway algal growth in Lake Erie. Over his long life, Trautman watched as pollution worsened … allowed the government to fine violators, and provided federal dollars to upgrade sewage treatment plants. The …
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Impaired wild mice survive and thrive as well as unimpaired counterparts
… Wildlife & Habitat White-footed … Catch-and-release trapping occurred every 3–4 weeks over 2–3 consecutive days between May and November using … this tolerance to injury and infection is shared with other species, and if so, what mechanisms might underlie high …
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