Study Purports SARS-CoV-2 Traveled Through Wildlife Trade, Not Bat Migration

Bat Virus Evolution Suggests COVID-19 Virus Emerged Naturally, Spreading To Humans Through Wildlife Trade

The results are the strongest evidence to date for a natural zoonotic overspill.

Covid-19 Likely Originated From Wildlife Trade, Not Lab Leak, Researchers Claim

A new genetic study suggests Covid-19 likely originated from the wildlife trade, specifically in Wuhan's markets, rather than a lab leak.

COVID shock as new findings challenge popular origin theory

Scientists now believe they know when and where the virus first emerged.

Coronavirus Likely Was Moved by Wildlife, Research Shows

Days after the US and China again took shots at each other over the origin of COVID-19, researchers have published a genetic study with new reasons to think it was distributed by wildlife. The team compared the development of the earlier SARS epidemic, which killed 774 people in 33 countries,...

Study: Initial spread of COVID-19 likely a result of wildlife trade

According to the paper, the precursor to SARS-CoV-2 originated in horseshoe bats in western China or Northern Laos several years before the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Wuhan.

Researchers link COVID-19 virus spread to wildlife transactions, not lab leak

Researchers link COVID-19 virus spread to wildlife transactions, not lab leak New findings challenge lab leak theory, pointing to wildlife trade as th