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Time now for our index. and princeton will remove former president woodrow wilsons name from its public policy school. the university reversing a decision from 2016, citing wilsons history of racist views and policies. one of the residential colleges will also be renamed. wilson served as the universitys president until 1910. and the desert locusts swarming near indias capital city. residents in new delhi told to keep their windows shut and pilots forced to take extra precautions during takeof...

Meanwhile, the police investigation into the death of her daughters continues. martin bashir, bbc news. now its time for our world. in december last year, locusts started swimming across east africa. now hundreds of billions of these tiny creatures have invaded the region from somalia to uganda. well. ive never seen anything like this. theyre eating virtually everything. its a nightmare. its the worst locust outbreak he has seen in 70 yea rs. locust outbreak he has seen in 70 years. threatening ...

Albert took an extraordinary decision. he has spent the last five months and much of his personal savings tracking the locust swarms and sending co—ordinates to the team is working to prevent a plague. now they call him the locust man. the original migrant locust swarms came to kenya from the southern arabian peninsula. extreme weather conditions there allowed at least

Three months. this is what albert feels most. this swarm is almost ready to breed. an average female lays 150 eggs in her lifetime. if a second canyon generation hatches, it could be devastating.

Only contribution to the ecosystem, they are fruit eating bats help disperse seeds and regenerate trees and plants previously cut down. and thats not the only benefit. >> bat droppings are full of nitrogen so theyre good for crops and there are all kinds of stories about these caves in the united states being harvested for fertilizer and then for explosive for the civil war. >> there are also bats that serve as the only pollinators of particular types of bananas, mangos and even cacti. the muzzl...

But in the southeastern parts of the united states, in particular, texas, theres an abundance of one species. the mexican free tail bat. that bracken cave outside san antonio is believed to be home to the single largest colony of bats in the world. >> every year during the spring and summer, i think there are something like 30 million bats in the cave. >> in the cave? >> in the cave. in the summer. there are so many bats that the local weather stations use their doppler radar. they can see the c...

Research on bats is also helping the fight against cancer. scientists are trying to understand why bats dont develop tumors like other mammals. and now, the possibility that they could help us fight current and future coronaviruses. >> people are working on vaccines. theyre working on drugs. thats what were looking for. and i see it as an opportunity. >> many people are surprised by the physiological similarities between bats and humans, and the information that we may be able to extract from th...

Theyre similar to humans. so bats have four limbs, two of them are attached to the wings. >> two of them are the wings. >> okay. >> yes. they have all the same bones that humans do. the upper arm, the forearms, the wrist bones, and then the bones that support the end of the wing are long finger and hand bones. >> bats living and eating habits vary widely across the 1,421 species that exist. there are some that roost in trees, others in leaves, leaves, some in caves. some bats eat insects, others...

The bronx zoo ogling these feared and revered creatures. >> the stigma attached to bats was horrible and i felt like the animal that i was seeing in person was not matching the description of what people were giving me. around the world, bats are a sign of good luck, fertility, growth, everything you can think of. bats are usually the opposite of what theyre considered here in america. >> as an adult, the batman became the showman as the lead singer of the 80s metal band rocks. >> it was a very ...

♪ good evening. im anderson cooper. when covid-19 first surfaced at the end of 2019, scientists around the world wanted to know where it came from and how this deadly virus ended up in humans. although answers are not certain, it seems likely the coronavirus originated in bats. bats are diverse and ancient creatures and theyve been on earth longer than we have. despite that, there is still a lot we dont know. tonight we take a look at this enigmatic animal and dig into the mystery of covid-1...