Hepatitis D: how the virus made the jump from animals to humans - EconoTimes
EconoTimes· 21 hours agoPandemics past and present have been caused when pathogens – germs that cause disease – move between...
Do David Attenborough documentaries help the natural world? New research gives cause for hope
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoExpectations are high for the BBC’s new series Seven Worlds, One Planet, but do nature documentaries...
Mass extinctions made life on Earth more diverse – and might again
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the past half-billion years, Earth has been hit again and again by mass extinctions, wiping out...
Conservation has saved at least 28 species from going extinct: Report
The Weather Network via Yahoo Sports· 4 months agoConservation efforts have prevented the global extinction of at least 28 bird and mammal species...
It's wrong to blame bats for the coronavirus epidemic
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAs an environmental historian focusing on endangered species and biological diversity, I know that...
Will humans go extinct? For all the existential threats, we'll likely be here for a very long time
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 9 months agoHumans are inevitably heading for extinction. Humans have vulnerabilities. Large, warm-blooded...
How bison, moose and caribou stepped in to do the cleaning work of extinct mammoths
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 9 months agoWhat we discovered could offer hope for modern ecosystems facing biodiversity loss. In North...
Evolution tells us we might be the only intelligent life in the universe
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt comes down to whether intelligence is a probable outcome of natural selection, or an improbable...
WWF report finds sharp decline in biodiversity, Canada in 'crisis'
The Weather Network via Yahoo Sports· 4 months agoBetween 1970 and 2016, the world's biodiversity sharply declined, according to a new report by the...
Study shows pangolins may have passed new coronavirus from bats to humans
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 9 months agoPangolins, not snakes, may be the missing link for transmission of the new coronavirus from bats to...