Virus causing mass duck die-offs on Cape Cod identified

Date:

December 16, 2014

Source:

Cornell University

Summary:

Since 1998, hundreds and sometimes thousands of dead eider ducks have been washing up every year on Cape Cod's beaches in late summer or early fall, but the reasons behind these cyclic die-offs have remained a mystery. A team of scientists has now pinned down one of the agents responsible.

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