Sea otters, opossums and the surprising ways pathogens move from land to sea
Thursday, March 19, 2020 - 07:30
in Biology & Nature
A parasite known only to be hosted in North America by the Virginia opossum is infecting sea otters along the West Coast. A study from the University of California, Davis, elucidates the sometimes surprising and complex pathways infectious pathogens can move from land to sea to sea otter.