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 ...

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 ...

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

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Dozens of pet stores that sold hamsters in Hong Kong may resume business from Sunday, Hong Kong's government said, after being shuttered last week and thousands culled over ...

Hamsters, the rodents belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae, have long been cherished as small pets suitable for children to keep. And although hamsters can eat a variety of things, some foods are far ...

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 ...