Melted permafrost that exposed an infected reindeer carcass is believed to have resulted in the cases that killed a 12-year-boy and sickened eight others.
A new analysis of genetic samples from China appears to link the pandemic’s origin to raccoon dogs.
The recent fight over wet-market raccoon dogs underscores just how much prior beliefs can affect interpretation.
Atlantic contributors follow the decline of the meat industry
A friendly group of the wild desert dogs could help tease apart domestication’s mysterious first steps.