A bride in Vietnam received a dowry of 100 civet cats valued at $70,000. The dowry also included 25 gold bars, $20,000 cash, and company shares worth 300 million dong. The groom's family provided ...

The 100 civet cats, all female, are worth an estimated $70,000. In addition to the animals, her dowry included 25 gold bars, $20,000 in cash, company shares valued at $11,500, seven properties ...

On the high end, Li says, only the rich can afford soup made with palm civet (a cat-size mammal native to jungles throughout Southeast Asia), fried cobra, or braised bear paw.

Scientists remain divided on the origins of the COVID-19 virus, with limited data and no consensus reached after years of ...

A Vietnamese bride was endowed with 100 civet cats in dowry as a way to secure her entire future. The female civet cats are valued at 1.8 billion Vietnamese dong (US$70,000). These cats are known ...

Last September, researchers zeroed in on a short list of animals they think might have spread COVID-19 to humans, including raccoon dogs, civet cats and bamboo rats.