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Coronavirus outbreaks at mink farms in Spain and the Netherlands have scientists digging into how the animals got infected and if they can spread it to people. (AP)

Scientist dig into COVID outbreak in Europe’s mink farms

Officials say it is ‘plausible’ that some workers in the farms could have contracted the coronavirus from the minks, though not proven

02 Aug 2020 1:03 PM

Volunteers wearing protective suits check identity of a resident at the entrance of a residental area in Jilin, in China's northeastern Jilin province. (AFP)

Wuhan lab had three live bat coronaviruses

Lab authorities assert none of the strains obtained from bats are a match for the new contagion wreaking chaos across the world

24 May 2020 10:05 AM

How bats carry coronavirus without getting sick

Stresses on bats, such as wet markets, other diseases, and habitat loss, may have a role in coronavirus spilling over to other species

07 May 2020 4:12 PM

The P4 laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. (AFP)

What happens at the Wuhan Institute of Virology?

The Chinese laboratory at the heart of the US-China virus spat, is accused of being the source of the coronavirus pandemic

06 May 2020 2:32 PM

The opposition BJP hit out the the ruling Congress in the state and said instead of giving these kind of excuses, the power utility and the state government should work in a responsible manner. (Photo: Representational)

Madhya Pradesh officials blame bats for power buts

They say bats hanging on the power supply lines sometimes cause short circuits, which ultimately lead to outages.

22 Jun 2019 2:44 PM

Warning lights such as these lure migrating bats precisely towards the danger which the lights help people to avoid. (Photo: ANI)

Study shows red lights at night hazardous to migratory bats

Light is an important cue for orientation used by many animals and also influences their diurnal rhythms.

29 Aug 2018 10:10 AM

An outbreak concentrated in the West African countries of Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea killed at least 11,300 people between 2013 and 2016. (Photo: AP)

Congo declares new Ebola outbreak in eastern province

Ebola is believed to be spread over long distances by bats and can turn up in bush meat sold at food markets throughout Congo.

02 Aug 2018 8:24 AM

This newly emerging zoonosis affects both animals and humans, and is known to be spread by fruit bats.

Beware of the Nipah virus

It’s a relatively new epidemic caused by Nipah virus commonly hosted by fruit-eating bats.

28 May 2018 12:17 AM

Ebola is believed to be spread over long distances by bats, which can host the virus without dying, as it infects other animals it shares trees with such as monkeys. It often spreads to humans via infected bushmeat. (Photo: AFP)

17 deaths reported in Congo as Ebola outbreak confirmed

It is the ninth time Ebola has been recorded in the central African nation, whose eastern Ebola river gave the deadly virus its name.

09 May 2018 8:29 AM

Looks like we are all a little like Batman! (Photo: Pixabay)

Humans can use sound to 'see' like bats: study

Humans - just like bats - can 'see' their surroundings using sound by producing clicks that bounce off objects to "sonify" them.

28 Feb 2018 3:33 PM

The fungus affecting most bats is called White Nose Syndrome and is killing most bats except in New York city as they have learnt to resist it. (Photo: Pixabay)

Study: Some bats showing resistance to deadly fungus

Brown bats in the city are learning to develop an immune response as soon as the fungus gets dangerous

12 Jan 2017 9:20 AM

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