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Miles from wuhan, researchers in berkeley california are looking to bats to find clues to help fight coronaviruses like covid-19. >> in a way theres a lot we can learn from bats. this group of animals has been around for millions of years. how can we look at their history with viruses and take that knowledge and think about therapeutics and treatments for ourselves? >> what is it about bats that allows some of them to host these viruses without showing any illness? >> thats the question that kar...

>> okay. im coming. im coming. im coming, guys. >> joseph dangeli spends a lot of time answering questions about rabies. because he spends every day around bats. >> there you go. oliver. oliver is more fascinated with you all. come on, are you going to take what you want? go ahead. they all have their favorites, of course. >> known as new jerseys batman, dangeli became fascinated with bats as a young boy. >> my father was a nightclub and restaurant and bar owner. so i was destined to be nocturna...

When we open it. in 2010, when we found the tomb of the fierce king of el zotz, we were working on it. unfortunately, looters can come and they are really well organised and can take everything from you. one day we hired a group of guards to protect it, but it didnt work because some of them tried to too. i confronted them, one of them put his gun shot. at the time, i think i was a good liar. itold him, you know, this is a computer. we have internet, which we dont have, and we are filming everyt...

Now it is time for what a malas lost world. located in northern guatemala, the maya biosphere reserve is the largest rainforest north of the amazon and one of the worlds most important hotspots for biodiversity. it also was once the heart of the maya civilisation. today, hundreds of houses, fortifications, temples and other structures lie hidden beneath the jungle. i like this part. but some archaeologists are determined to change that. theyve devoted their careers to getting the jungle to give ...

The new spanish road that passed down through central america and supposedly was built on top of a major pre—columbian three way. but no—one has actually pinpointed where that ran through. we wonder will lidar eventually reveal that for us. that would be amazing. the first king of el zotz was such an important character that a temple was created for him so he would never be forgotten. 0nly be careful with these things, they are supporting the roof. when you are here, be careful. if you fall,...

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Were able to discover it. and here is the tomb chamber. wow. looters came and dug a hole right behind this doorway. and they missed by the structure with the freeze by 27 metres, ill show you. so thats the freeze right there... whoa! so thats the corner image of one of the dead kings. you can imagine what they would have done. they would have said, oh, my gosh, theres definitely something cool behind this and they would just blast through it. its all there and it goes for eight metres that way a...

Theres a deep hole, and thats where theyre digging right now. car starting. dont let me down. the maya city of holmul has been an obsession of archaeologist francisco estrada bellis for the last 20 years. he calls it the gift that keeps on giving. lets try not to get stuck. yeah. in recent years, his work has been aided by the use of lidar, a technology currently transforming archaeology. ive come to holmul, on the border with belize, to learn more about what estrada belli has discovered.

Mapping and just trying to find places, and what lidar‘s shown us is that we werent very good at it. a lot of sites around here were abandoned at the end of what we call the classic period. around 900, something like that. el zotz had people living here up till the 1300s. were probably somewhere near the old communal royal, the new spanish road that passed down through central america and supposedly was built on top of a major pre—columbian three way. but no—one has actually pinpointed whe...

Is hard to stomach. katie austin, bbc news. now its time for guatemalas lost world. located in northern guatemala, the mayan biosphere reserve is the largest rainforest north of the amazon and one of the worlds most important hotspots for biodiversity. it also was once the heart of the maya civilisation. today, hundreds of houses, fortifications, temples and other structures lie hidden beneath the jungle. i like this part. but some archaeologists are determined to change that. theyve devoted the...