scientific journal, was written by a team of 21 virologists.... It included species like civets and

KOTA KINABALU: Heavy metal pollution from unknown sources in areas around plantations is posing a threat to Sabah's wildlife, a study finds. The scientific study conducted over eight years on small carnivores found 13 different metals including the more worrying lead, mercury, chromium and cadmium. The research was carried out since 2013 under the Kinabatangan Small Carnivore Programme that evaluated the health of small carnivores in the area.It was published in the latest issue of the journal E

The Huanan Seafood Market where traders sold live mammals, reptiles and fish was linked to the initial outbreak of coronavirus in 2019.... According to British scientist Dr Eddie Holmes, Chinese experts had highlighted the risk of a virus" spilling over" from animals to humans five years before the start of the pandemic.... Now experts have sounded the alarm over history repeating itself. They warn that wildlife species that are traded sold and consumed in China's wet markets are a" pandemic w

ENSHI, China — Hundreds of caves are spread throughout the mountains of Enshi prefecture, an agricultural corner of China's Hubei province.... One type, Rhinolophus affinis, has been found farther south in China carrying a virus 96 percent identical to SARS-CoV-2.In the rolling land near the caves, Enshi officials for years promoted wildlife farming to alleviate poverty.... Authorities estimated that the 290 shuttered Enshi farms had 450, 000 to 780, 000 animals. China's government and the WHO

MISSING livestock and recent sightings of a pair of black panthers has spooked villagers in Kampung Batu Chondong in Kuala Pilah, Negri Sembilan, Kosmo!... As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/ medium.... Where a paragraph begins with this'' sign, it denotes a separate news item....

Anthony Fauci on US response to coronavirus Coronavirus task force member Dr.... MERS has been reported in 27 countries since 2012, with approximately 80 percent of human cases reported by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Cases identified outside the Middle East are of people who were infected while in the Mideast.... On rare occasions, small outbreaks have occurred outside that region. Since 2012 the number of MERS cases has totaled2, 494....

MELBOURNE( BLOOMBERG)-Early Covid-19 cases traced to markets in Wuhan, China, mirror the initial spread of Sars 17 years earlier, scientists said in a paper that concludes that an animal contagion is the most likely explanation for the pandemic's genesis. The epidemiological history of Sars-CoV-2 is comparable to previous animal market-associated outbreaks of coronaviruses and offers a simple route for human exposure, Dr Edward Holmes, Dr Andrew Rambaut and 19 other researchers said Wednesday( J

The tiny rodents, which are estimated to number in the hundreds of millions in the UK, are asymptomatic carriers of coronaviruses.... Rats have been responsible for some of the deadliest pandemics in human history, such as the Black Death, and may have, consequently, evolved resistance to various pathogens....

Bamboo rats lifted Mao Zuqin out of poverty.... Mao has over the past five years built a viable farm in southern China with 1, 100 bamboo rats, a chubby, edible rodent that is a delicacy in the region.... There are already signs of internal debates. Some cities have moved ahead with bans on hunting and selling wild game, including Beijing last week....

SINGAPORE( BLOOMBERG)-Hundreds of thousands of people may be infected annually by animals carrying coronaviruses related to the one that causes Covid-19 each year in China and South-east Asia, according to a study emphasising the ongoing pandemic threat from spillover events.An average of 400, 000 such infections occur annually, most going unrecognised because they cause mild or no symptoms and aren't easily transmitted between people, researchers with the EcoHealth Alliance and Singapore's Duke