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Living in dangerThe industrial disaster is a redux of the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984 (Page 1, “Vizag gas leak claims 11 lives; over 350 hospitalised”

The National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI) on Friday said the food and beverage industry is coming together to develop and identify alternati

Youths from Hyderabad help Indian students in distress in US

Rajasthani migrant batch, including two pregnant women, has to travel 2,500 km

A total of 10 health care workers have tested COVID-19 positive at Hindu Rao Hospital so far, a senior official of the North Delhi Municipal Corporati

Australia’s annual dry seasons are known for droughts and wildfires, but the dry season of 2019--2020 was remarkable due to the sheer extent of the devastation. By some estimates, more than 10 million hectares (38,600 square miles, an area slightly larger than the U.S. state of Indiana) burned, killing several million animals (including many of the country’s koalas) and more than 30 people. On a positive note, burned areas will recover from this disturbance, and tree planting and other forms of ecological restoration can help to hasten this process.

Service dogs and other assistance animals play important roles in helping people with disabilities interact and function in the modern world. But what happens when people exploit the system, possibly even to the point of blatant fraud?

The connection between washing with clean water and avoiding coronavirus is an important one.

Bats, which make up a group of more than 1,200 species, are the only mammals capable of flight. They are important pollinators and seed dispersers, and they provide pest control by eating insects. A number of species also carry viruses that can sicken livestock and human beings---and they likely played some role in the SARS outbreak in 2002. Although much more evidence needs to be collected, researchers suspect that SARS-CoV-2 (the virus at the center of the coronavirus pandemic) originated in bats, and wildlife officials fear that they may become targets of human persecution. 

Closing wildlife markets within countries, as Dr. Anthony Fauci of the White House coronavirus task force rightly suggests, may be a more effective tool, however. This article examines the prevalence of wildlife markets around the world and notes that the ones in Asia aren’t the only ones worthy of scrutiny.

It was previously reported that lions and tigers in New York’s Bronx Zoo had become infected with SARS-CoV-2, and they were displaying symptoms of COVID-19. Now, it seems that there is evidence that other species, namely cats and dogs, can become infected with the virus, though they respond differently to it than humans do. This week's blog post below discusses the possibility of catching COVID-19 from a dog or a cat.