Masked gang armed with machetes, axes and bats film themselves smashing up house and car in terrifying targeted attack At least a dozen thugs swarm detached home in leafy village of Church, Lancs. Front windows were smashed in, TV set destroyed and BMW left badly damaged Footage posted anonymously on social media and viewed some … Read more
Dinner time! Thousands of bats are captured on weather radar as they fly into the night looking for insects in Arizona The National Weather Service captured a massive colony of bats on radar Thousands of creatures were captured before dusk in Arizona Sunday The radar shows what looks like fireworks bursting over the area Officials … Read more
Mother bats use ‘baby talk’ with their offspring, much the same way humans do, scientists discovered. The sac-winged bat has a wide-ranging vocal repertoire, using different ‘songs’ to court mates and defend its territory. Scientists have recently discovered that females also use a special high-pitched voice to encourage their pups to start ‘talking.’ The study … Read more
Mother bats use ‘baby talk’ with their offspring, much the same way humans do, scientists discovered. The sac-winged bat has a wide-ranging vocal repertoire, using different ‘songs’ to court mates and defend its territory. Scientists have recently discovered that females also use a special high-pitched voice to encourage their pups to start ‘talking.’ The study … Read more
SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes Covid-19, evolved after several different coronaviruses merged into one, a study has found. Scientists came to the conclusion while trying to understand the evolutionary history of the coronavirus in a bid to help make a vaccine. High-resolution images reveal the spike on the surface of SARS-CoV-2 is 97 per cent … Read more
Exotic animals known as ‘pangolins’ that were blamed for first transmitting coronavirus from bats to humans could be IMMUNE to the deadly disease, study claims Pangolins lack virus-sensing genes that normally trigger an immune response This means that they can carry the virus without necessarily suffering from it However, researchers are not sure how, then, the … Read more
Scaly anteaters known as pangolins are NOT to blame for spreading coronavirus from bats to humans, study shows Experts mapped the genome of a coronavirus identified in Malayan pangolins They found it similar to both the virus behind COVID-19 and bat coronaviruses However, their analysis suggested that SARS-CoV-2 did not arise from this virus Here’s how to … Read more
Scaly anteaters known as pangolins are NOT to blame for spreading coronavirus from bats to humans, study shows Experts mapped the genome of a coronavirus identified in Malayan pangolins They found it similar to both the virus behind COVID-19 and bat coronaviruses However, their analysis suggested that SARS-CoV-2 did not arise from this virus Here’s how to … Read more
When will wet markets be banned across the globe? As this photo from Indonesia shows, it’s not just China. EVGENY LEBEDEV issues a call for action By Evgeny Lebedev For The Mail On Sunday Published: 23:31 BST, 25 April 2020 | Updated: 00:38 BST, 26 April 2020 Since I have begun to write on the … Read more
Donald Trump unfollows Piers Morgan on Twitter after the presenter blasted his ‘batsh*t crazy’ approach to coronavirus Piers, 55, criticised US President after comments in White House press briefing Trump suggested tackling coronavirus with UV light and injecting disinfectant Piers denounced him in MailOnline column and said he’s since been unfollowed He wrote: ‘UPDATE: President … Read more