Mary Bates, PhD

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New on AAAS: When People, Pets and Wildlife Share Habitats

As human populations expand, interactions with wildlife increase - sometimes in unexpected and indirect ways. In many communities, humans and their domestic pets share space with wild cats such as pumas and bobcats. New research is showing that we share more than just space - we also share diseases. Read the entire post - "Sharing Habitats Means Sharing Diseases" - as a pdf or link.