While the research bolsters the case that COVID-19 emerged from animals, it does not resolve the polarized and political ...

The virus behind COVID-19 appears to have first leapt to humans from captive wildlife at the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan, ...

With genetic samples from the infamous Wuhan market, a new study makes the case that raccoon dogs are likely the animal that ...

A new study supports the theory that the coronavirus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic originated from Hunan Seafood ...

“It’s one of the most important data sets on the early pandemic and on the origin of SARS-CoV-2,” says Florence Débarre, an ...

A zoo in China has admitted its star attraction, two so-called pandas, are just painted dogs. The fluffy Chow Chow dogs painted to resemble the country’s beloved national animal were seen in a video ...

A new study of genetic samples from the Huanan Market in Wuhan, China, could point to an animal origin of COVID-19, but controversial figures support it.

After an in-depth analysis of the genetic material from hundreds of swabs taken from the walls, floors, machines and drains ...

Dozens of viruses have been detected mixing in animals at fur farms in China, some of which are new and have the potential to ...

The Chinese zodiac has long captivated people with its intricate system of animal signs and their associated fortunes. As we ...

Michael Worobey, PhD, one of the authors of the study in Cell, said they found which subpopulations of animals might have ...

Chinese scientists published the genetic sequences they found last year, but did not identify any of the animals possibly ...