Ebola Discovery That May Help Bats
3/16/21By Merlin D. Tuttle Early evidence pointed to great apes1 and humans2 as possible sources of Ebola, but they were assumed to […]
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Bat Flash! Respond to Reuters News Release Blaming Bats for New Ebola Outbreak
By Merlin Tuttle 5/15/18 I share Benoit Nyemba and Fiston Mahamba’s concern regarding a potential resurgence of Ebola in […]
Behind the Latest Ebola Story in Science
By Merlin Tuttle 6/7/17 Virologists are still doggedly pursuing the search for an Ebola reservoir in bats, as reported in […]
Response to Inappropriate Coverage of Bats and Ebola in Smithsonian Publication
Response to Smithsonian story, “Can Saving Animals Prevent the Next Deadly Pandemic?” Merlin Tuttle 5/9/17 Lorraine Boissoneault’s story, Can […]
UPDATE! Ebola virus researchers considering alternative reservoir hypotheses, bats unlikely
Following years of headline speculation reporting bats to be the reservoir for Ebola, a review of current knowledge points elsewhere. […]
UPDATE! Ebola: Bats Prematurely Blamed
In Merlin Tuttle’s blogged report titled, Ebola: Bats Prematurely Blamed, released on January 15, 2016, he summarized available knowledge of […]
Ebola: Bats Prematurely Blamed
Ebola: Bats Prematurely Blamed By Merlin Tuttle 1/14/16 If public health concerns were based on actual threats to human mortality, […]
Response to Recent PBS NOVA Program
9-20-21Merlin Tuttle I had mixed feelings while watching the September 15, 2021 airing of PBS’ NOVA program, Bat Superpowers: Could the […]
Review of COVID-19 Impacts on Bat Research and Conservation
3/17/2021By Merlin D. Tuttle Throughout the history of bat conservation disease scare campaigns have been a dominant impediment to progress. […]
