COVID-19 Disease Ecology Global Health

Is COVID-19 infecting wild animals? We’re testing species from bats to seals to find out

By Jonathan Runstadler, Tufts University and Kaitlin Sawatzki, Tufts University Cover image: Peter Trimming via Wikipedia, CC BY-SA Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have found coronavirus infections in pet cats and dogs and in multiple zoo animals, including big cats and gorillas. These infections have even happened when staff were using personal […]