Can whales and dolphins catch COVID-19 from wastewater? It’s murky

A few months after the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 began to pop up in the U.S., a piece of news came out of the Bronx Zoo in New York City: one of its Malayan tigers (Panthera tigris jacksoni), Nadia, had developed a cough.

Mongabay

Last updated on 16 January 2021

Type: 
Media Watch
Threats: 
Diseases
Species group: 
Marine mammals