Anti-wildlife trafficking groups target viral origin
Conservationists are demanding an end to the wildlife trade to stamp out the root cause of zoonotic outbreaks such as the coronavirus pandemic
Scales tip in favour of pangolins as hosts of Coronavirus ‘transition’
As the Covid-19 pandemic spreads its tentacles across all continents except Antarctica, scientists in China and the US are racing to pin down its biological origins. Mounting findings across the globe highlight the world’s most trafficked mammal as the likely pandemic carrier.
From coronavirus to antibiotics: the ways we use animals ‘still risks spreading disease’
Experts agree it all began in an animal market in China – but there are other threats from the way we live, too. As scientists race to develop a vaccine to help curb the coronavirus in future, others are looking back at how it began, with a view to preventing future outbreaks.