Why Animal Scavengers Protect Your Health
10 min•1 oktober 2025
Worldwide, populations of scavenging animals that feed on rotting carcasses are declining. Scientists are finding that this can seriously hurt human health. NPR science reporter Jonathan Lambert has been looking into how human health is intertwined with scavenging animals and why these animals’ decline could lead to more human disease. Today, he brings all he learned, including how conservation could help, to your earholes.
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Check out more of Jon’s reporting on scavengers and human health.
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