A small band of prairie dogs that survived one of nature’s most devastating bacterial killers has revealed genetic secrets that could reshape how scientists approach wildlife disease outbreaks. These Colorado survivors carry DNA variants that helped them withstand sylvatic plague—the same pathogen that caused the Black Death in medieval Europe. When plague swept through Boulder … Read more
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