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Bat Appearances Exacerbate Concerns over Coronavirus

SUWON, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Reports of bats – known as primary hosts of the coronavirus – in various locations in cities and towns are causing fear among local residents. It is less likely, however, that bats in South Korea could be the source of a coronavirus spread, studies show. The Gyeonggi Province Wild [...]

National Institute of Ecology to Use Bats in Cave Research

SEOUL, Jun. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Institute of Ecology (NIE) has secured a patent for a new technology that can be used to monitor the environment inside caves based on the movement of bats. With the new monitoring system invented by the researchers at the NIE, studying cave environments could become much easier, as [...]