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— 16 January 2023 —

Deforestation brings bat-borne virus home to roost

Environment

A new study that uses 25 years of data from Australia suggests that environmental changes have been driving viral spillovers by radically altering the ecology of black flying foxes.

Emily Anthes

Read the full article by Emily Anthes in The New York Times

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