Pet hamsters can pass on Covid-19 to humans and were the most likely source of an outbreak of the Delta variant in Hong Kong, a study has revealed. While human-to-animal coronavirus transmission has ...

You can add pet hamsters to the long list of animals known to carry the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Officials in Hong Kong say they’ve confirmed an outbreak involving hamsters and humans that was traced ...

Hundreds of pet hamsters are being set free in Hong Kong following announcements that they would be culled to stop the spread of COVID-19. On January 18, the Hong Kong government announced that ...

In a recent study posted to the Lancet* preprint server, a team of researchers investigated the transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Delta variant of ...

Hamsters may be cute, but they can show a disturbing behavior where they eat their own young. We explain why they do this.

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Keeping your pet hamster in their cage can be a challenge. They seem to have a magical way of escaping, no matter how secure you think their enclosure is. And then ensues the heart stopping moments ...