Selected Media
How the hunt for this deadly virus shaped the search for coronavirus’s origins.
The Washington Post - October 14th, 2021.
Montana State University researchers study how viruses from bats infect humans.
Bozeman Daily Chronicle - September 21st, 2021.
What does the science really say about masking?
Montana Free Press - September 15th, 2021
What is Nipah virus.
Inside Edition - September 9th, 2021.
Can a new app predict the next pandemic?
National Geographic - April 6th, 2021.
We still don’t know for sure where the coronavirus came from. Here’s why
ScienceNews - March 18th, 2021.
Study Suggests Healthy Ecosystems Are Vital In Reducing Risk Of Future Deadly Pandemics
Scienmag - March 11th, 2021.
Bigger than COVID? Study warns land use errors could unleash new pandemics
The Missoulian - March 9th, 2021.
How is the U.S. preparing for the next pandemic?
Boston 25 News - February 23rd, 2021.
Heading Off the Next Pandemic
KHN - January 4th, 2021
Scientists focus on bats for clues to prevent next pandemic
AP News - December 14th, 2020
How Climate Change Is Ushering in a New Pandemic Era
Rolling Stone - December 7th, 2020.
The hunt is on
New Scientist - November 28th, 2020.
Studying spillover
Mountain and Minds - November 12th, 2020.
The real Contagion virus is out there and it’s causing virologists to worry
Irish Times - October 29th, 2020.
Where did COVID come from?
BBC Radio & The Naked Scientist Podcast - September 1st, 2020.
We are nature and nature is us
Global Landscapes Forum - October 30th 2020.
Don’t blame the bats
Curiosity Stream - July 2020.
Characteristics that give viruses pandemic potential
The Scientist - August 17th, 2020.
Why do bats have so many viruses?
The Washington Post - July 12th 2020.
Scientists want to understand how viruses like SARS-CoV-2 jump from animals to people to try to spot the next pandemic
Chemical & Engineering News - August 31st, 2020.
Where do new viruses like the coronavirus come from?
American Heart Association - July 9th, 2020.
Wild and Wool - About bighorn sheep pneumonia
Phillip Baribeau- July 2020.
MSU disease scientist urges greater use of face masks
Bozeman Chronicle - July 7th 2020.
Press on warning of Hendra Virus outbreaks
June 17th 2020.
COVID and Deforestation
Globonews, Brazil - May 22nd 2020.
How Protecting Habitats Could Help Prevent Future Pandemics
Audubon magazine - Summer 2020.
How Bats Might Have Tamed the Coronavirus
The Atlantic - May 10th 2020.
“We don’t know what else is out there.” Five ways new diseases emerge — and what we can do about them.
Ensia - May 2020.
Montana Scientists Shift Focus To COVID Research
National Public Radio - May 11th 2020.
MSU researchers show wastewater can help monitor, manage coronavirus
Bozeman Chronicle and local media - May 6th 2020.
Montana State University researcher examines animal origins of COVID-19
Helena Independent Record - April 30th 2020.
Virus Researchers Cast Doubt On Theory Of Coronavirus Lab Accident
National Public Radio - April 23rd, 2020.
There are more viruses than stars in the universe. Why do only some infect us?
National Geographic - April 15th, 2020.
Virus renews safety concerns about slaughtering wild animals
Associated Press/ABC News - April 14th, 2020.
Here’s How Scientists Think Coronavirus Spreads from Bats to Humans
Vice News - February 11th, 2020.
Saving the Bats, One Cave at a Time
The New York Times - February 18th 2019.
The Reservoir
bioGraphic - December 12th, 2018.
Rocky Mountain Laboratories earn part of $10 million research grant
NBC TV Montana - December 2018.
Montana State University leading international project to counter bat-spread diseases
Homeland Preparedness News - December 6th 2018.
Anti-Vaxxers Are Targeting a Vaccine for a Virus Deadlier Than Ebola
The Atlantic - July 9, 2018.
Predicting Future Zoonotic Disease Outbreaks
The Scientist - May 31st, 2018.
Researchers Use Migratory Bats to Track Ebola
PBS Nova - December 5, 2018.
Bat experts study flowering gums and infectious diseases link in Qld
Brisbane Times - September 17th 2017.
MSU scientists win $1.65 million NSF grant to study how human behavior impacts spread of infectious diseases
MSU News Service - September 14, 2017.
MSU researcher works to restore struggling bighorn sheep populations
MSU News Service - September 5, 2024.
PLOS Science featured PLOS author
Reddit - September 2016.
MSU scientists lead efforts to study diseases that cross from animals to humans
One Medicine - May 2016.
Bat mortality no longer sustainable, global review finds
Mongabay - April 2016.
Decades of bat observations reveal uptick in new causes of mass mortality
Science Daily - February 2016.
Mortality Survey Shows Leading Causes of Bat Deaths
The Wildlife Society - January 2015.
Study shows bat deaths worldwide rising due to human causes
Montana State University - January 2015.
Will climate change = more disease?
IRIN Global - November 2015.
Bat poo under the microscope as researchers seek Hendra virus answers
Brisbane Times - February 2015.
No Time for Bats to Rest Easy
New York Times - January 2015.
Insect Eating Bats Implicated as Ebola Outbreak Source
Science News - December 2014.
Bats’ Link to Ebola Finally Solved
Daily Beast - November 2014.
After Ebola. Why the worst outbreak ever is a warning of what could come next
Time Magazine - August 2014.
Bringing Back Bighorn Sheep
Distinctly Montana - Fall 2014
Virus Hunters—Hendra
Weather Films - 2014.
Lobbying Against a Hobby: Disease Keeps Bighorn Sheep at the Edge
Bozeman Daily Chronicle - January 2014.
Developing a Vaccine to Protect Bighorn Sheep from Pneumonia
Morris Animal Foundation - December 2013.
Bighorn Sheep Researchers Launch Outreach Website
Penn State News - October 2013.
Scientists Make Strides Toward Restoring Bighorn Sheep in the American West
Penn State News - May 2013.
Spillover
The Guardian - October 11th 2012.
The Ecology of Disease
New York Times - July 14, 2012.
In Wild Animals, Charting the Pathways of Disease
New York Times - May 28, 2012.
Woe is Us: Hendra Virus
Sierra Magazine - 2012.
Climate Change May Boost a Lethal Disease
Daily Climate - November 29th 2011.
Urbanization May Influence Transmission Of Zoonotic Diseases
Science 2.0 - November 11th 2011.
Hendra Pattern Consistent with its Evolution
The World Today - July 8th 2011.
Bat Hibernation Keeps Rabies Going
Science AAAS - June 6th 2011.
Lethal Hendra Virus Outbreaks May be Caused by Man
Wired Science - May 12th 2011.
They Came in the Night
Chronicle of Higher Education - July 6th 2007.