The Chinese laboratory at the center of scrutiny over a potential coronavirus leak has been using U.S. government money to carry out research on bats from the caves which scientists believe are the original source of the deadly outbreak. The Wuhan Institute of Virology undertook coronavirus experiments on mammals captured more than 1,000 miles away in … Read more
The laboratory at the centre of scrutiny over the pandemic has been carrying out research on bats from the cave which scientists believe is the original source of the devastating outbreak. Documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday show the Wuhan Institute of Virology undertook coronavirus experiments on mammals captured more than 1,000 miles away … Read more
US government suspends all research involving bats out of concern that humans could pass coronavirus on and make the pandemic harder to contain US government officials have suspended all bat research during COVID-19 They fear humans could pass the virus to bats, making the pandemic harder to contain and eventually eliminate Bats are common carriers … Read more
Street gangs in El Salvador that have extorted and killed innocent countrymen have now taken it upon themselves to ensure that everyone adheres to a national quarantine order amid the coronavirus pandemic. In recent years, more than 100,000 Salvadorans have been displaced from their homes and forced to flee the Central American nation due to … Read more
A documentary showing a Chinese virologist catching wild bats in mountains have fuelled a conspiracy theory, which suggests that the novel coronavirus may have originated in Wuhan’s disease control authority. The seven-minute film features the centre’s researcher Tian Junhua, who has visited dozens of caves in Hubei province to capture the flying mammal. It has … Read more
Vampire bats ‘form friendships’ over time and can rescue hungry roostmates from the brink by regurgitating their blood meals in what looks like a French kiss. The only mammals to feed exclusively on blood, the bats can form deep social bonds by increasingly grooming their peers. If a strong enough bond is formed, they may … Read more
A boy of 16 was beaten to death after visiting a friend in hospital who had been attacked at school a day earlier, his family say. Shanur Ahmed’s body was found on Tuesday morning, hours after 30 youths armed with baseball bats were seen gathering near a train station. His grieving family yesterday blasted police … Read more
Real-life invisibility cloaks are worn by moths: How the insects use their furry coats to make them undetectable to bats Scientists have discovered moths’ furry coats make them almost invisible to bats Found 85 per cent of sound signals used by bats to find prey absorbed by hairs Reduced distance a bat would be able … Read more