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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 there's 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? >> that's the question that kara brook is trying to answer. brook is a disease ecology who began studying bats in madagascar in 2...

>> okay. i'm coming. i'm coming. i'm coming, guys. >> joseph d'angeli 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 jersey's batman, d'angeli became fascinated with bats as a young boy. >> my father was a nightclub and restaurant and bar owner. so i was destined to be nocturnal. and i used to very often accompany my father to work. every so often i would go outside rig...

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 didn't 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 don't have, and we are filming everything. and that's when it stopped. another major challenge for the maya biosphere reserve is illega...

Now it is time for what a mala's lost world. located in northern guatemala, the maya biosphere reserve is the largest rainforest north of the amazon and one of the world's 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. they've devoted their careers to getting the jungle to give up its secrets, and new technology has revealed that, despite decades of work, they have only beg...

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, fall this way. so, don't fall on the sculpture. so this was all from one king? yes. for the first k...