Researchershaveidentifiedacoronavirusinhorseshoebatsandconfirmeditistoblameforkillingsome25,000pigletsinChina.ThenewbornswineonfarmsinChina'ssouthernGuangdongpr
Atfirstglance,thecost-benefitratioofablood-onlydietsuggeststhatvampirebats–theonlymammalstofeedexclusivelyonthevicious,ruby-redelixir–flewdownanevolutionaryblin
Scientistshavepinpointedapopulationofvirus-infectedbats,whichtheyhavelinkedtothemysteriousoutbreakofSarsdisease15yearsago.Hundredsdiedasthevirusspreadaroundtheg
Scientistshavepinpointedapopulationofvirus-infectedbats,whichtheyhavelinkedtothemysteriousoutbreakofSarsdisease15yearsago.Hundredsdiedasthevirusspreadaroundtheg
Australian animals that look "ugly" attract little or no research funding, leading to poor conservational outcomes, researchers say.
Wiping out bats that are suspected of spreading the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa could have dire ecological and economic consequences, a New Zealand expert in veterinary public health warned Wednesday.
A latest research statement from Australian national science body, CSIRO, has confirmed on Thursday that the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus which killed hundreds people originated in horseshoe bats from China, according to a statement released Thursday.