Here, the podcast’s producer Simon Maybin looks at five animals caught up in the arguments about the origin of Covid. Sometimes called the civet cat, the palm civet is a small, furry ...

Dissanaike had seen numerous roadkills while driving, but the soft goldenness of the bushy tail of this animal grabbed his attention, so he stopped the vehicle and walked to inspect the carcass. “I ...

Often sold in pretty packaging, kopi luwak is made from coffee cherries digested and then excreted by the Asian palm civet, fermenting as they pass through the animal's intestines. Producers claim ...

The sleepy animal, which turned out to be a young common palm civet, looked around with curious black eyes and sniffed a few times. Perhaps it was confused by the daylight, as civets are nocturnal ...