The longer a species stays in the wildlife trade, the more dangerous it becomes. A new study explains why

2026-04-13 17:49 • ;Meg Tanaka

A study finds that 41% of traded mammal species share at least one pathogen with humans, compared with just 6.4% of species not involved in trade.

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