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This edition of A Wilder View takes a look at how the mere presence of wolves can shift the behaviors of deer and moose keeping a parasite called brain worm at bay.

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May 11, 2022 | 11:00 a.m. CDT Sponsored by Catalyst

Scientists are concerned that the virus could evolve within animal populations – potentially spawning dangerous viral mutants that could jump back to people

Scientists fear COVID-19 virus could evolve in animal populations – potentially spawning dangerous mutants that could jump back to people

To administer this COVID test, Todd Kautz had to lay on his belly in the snow and worm his upper body into the narrow den of a hibernating black bear. Training a light on its snout, Kautz carefully slipped a long cotton swab into the bear’s nostrils five&#x2...

To administer this covid test, Todd Kautz had to lie on his belly in the snow and worm his upper body into the narrow den of a hibernating black bear. Training a light on its snout, Kautz carefully slipped a long cotton swab into the bear's nostrils five times.

To test for COVID-19, the animals undergo the same dreaded test as humans: the nasal swab. The team of scientists and wildlife experts trudge through the snow to perform the tests on animals.

Wildlife experts are searching for the virus that causes COVID-19 in deer, bears, moose and wolves in Minnesota's north woods

Scientists are concerned that the virus could evolve within animal populations – potentially spawning dangerous viral mutants that could jump back to people.