Pangolins and pandemics: digging for the roots of COVID-19

Wet market with wildlife products in China. (Photo: William Dowell) While reporting in Southeast Asia during the 1990s, I used to stop at a place we called the ‘Endangered Species Restaurant.’ It was on the road from the Thai border back to Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh. The corpse of a monkey was crucified to a … Continue reading Pangolins and pandemics: digging for the roots of COVID-19