Should We Really Be Scared of Bats?
After Covid-19 bats are under increased scrutiny for their role in transmission of human diseases. But is this scrutiny unwarranted or are bats as scary as they are cute?
After Covid-19 bats are under increased scrutiny for their role in transmission of human diseases. But is this scrutiny unwarranted or are bats as scary as they are cute?
In March 2020, COVID-19 brought the entire world to a halt. This, unfortunately, caused many conservation charities to cease their missions, despite the ongoing threat to the environment. Whether you take the recession on the horizon into consideration [1] or put it out of your mind, the charities that survived will need to change.
When trying to uncover the cause of pandemics such as COVID-19, which we can agree has turned all our lives upside down, we must ask the question: Are we our […]
Bats are often seen as scary, flapping, blood-sucking creatures that appear when the daylight disappears. Most recently, they have been demonised as the origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. So, yes, […]
A recent study has shown that a compound isolated from a snake venom can inhibit activities against COVID-19. What is this snake? And does it matter i nature?
One day, 50,000 years ago, a modern human and a Neanderthal met for the first time. They may not have been able to communicate effectively with one another, yet that […]