Massive hunting of the Philippine palm civet, known to indigenous peoples here as “musang” or “milo,” has threatened the ...

Scientists have identified racoon dogs, civet cats, and bamboo rats as potential animals that may have spread COVID-19 to ...

Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to ...

A new study identifies raccoon dogs, civet cats, and bamboo rats as potential intermediate hosts for COVID-19 at Wuhan's ...

A University of Arizona researcher was part of a study strongly linking pandemic origin to the seafood market in China.

A new genetic analysis looks at species of animals present at the Wuhan market that may have spread COVID-19 to people.

The list of animals included the raccoon dog, hoary bamboo rat, dog, European rabbit, Amur hedgehog, Malayan porcupine, Reeves’s muntjac, Himalayan marmot, and masked palm civet. The new research ...

Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to ...

An injured Asian palm civet was rescued by the Maharashtra Forest Department from Belhe village near Junnar in Maharashtra, and eventually treated by the Wildlife SOS veterinary team at the Manikdoh ...

The theory that COVID-19 originated from a human interacting with an infected animal at a local market in late 2019 is backed by "very strong evidence." In January of 2020, 800 samples of stalls and ...