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Data suggest SARS-CoV-2 could jump from raccoon dogs to people, but species barrier may interfere
Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy· 53 minutes agoBiochemical analysis showed raccoon dog angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 does allow SARS-CoV-2 to...
Feds ramping up testing, aid for bird flu at dairy farms
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 minutes agoDepartment of Health and Human Services. However, a spate of cases recently occurred in U.S. cattle, prompting widespread concern that the disease can pass from species to ...
Chinese zoo dyes dogs to look like baby pandas
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoA report from Reuters found that these animals were purchased from a pet market in Sichuan and was an attempt to lure in more visitors. [Related: Pandas,...
Japan plans to expand whale hunting to largest species yet
The Independent via Yahoo News· 9 hours ago“I want more people to appreciate the taste of whale,” said Hideyuki Saito, from Saitama prefecture....
Lawsuit seeks endangered species protection for rare East Tennessee salamander | Chattanooga Times...
Chattanooga Times Free Press· 20 hours agoThe Center for Biological Diversity has filed suit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over...
Stop Blaming Wild Birds. Avian Flu Is Our Fault.
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoMigratory birds are getting a bad rap right now, as avian influenza cases multiply and appear in new species. “The reason it’s become such a threat is...
The fight to save the African penguin
BBC via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoEvery year there are fewer African penguins and soon there may be none at all. Scientists say that the species is declining by around 8% every year. As...
The Abuses of Prehistory
The New Republic via Yahoo News· 8 hours agoThis is what Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari argued in his international blockbuster Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (2015), which claimed to...
West Highland rainforest restoration targets passed
BBC via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoScotland's rainforests are at risk from overgrazing and invasive plant species [Forestry and Land Scotland] Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has said it...
Four new-to-science species of snail described
Phys.org· 22 hours agoDNA analysis by Queensland Museum scientists has unearthed the true identity of 15 species of land snails including four new-to-science species with one...
