Tag: bats

When bats die in large numbers, it adversely affects our farmers, food, and kids.

Bats have the uncanny power to contain dangerous viruses without getting sick. However, if disturbed, the viruses in bats may ...

Bats are cooler than Batman because their seasonal movement benefits several plant species and our entire ecosystem.

Maybe they're born with it... no, they're definitely born with it.

It's the first time in thirty-five years since a death of this type has occurred in the world.

Among other things, these genomes may help find new approaches against COVID-19.

The finding could help us understand how coronaviruses make the jump to humans.

It's the first time these viruses have been detected, but they don't pose any threat to us. Yet.

If you wanna fly, sacrifices must be made; mostly in the gut.

Moths that employ chemical defenses aren't in a hurry to avoid predatory bats.

A new study looking into social bonding dynamics for vampire bats reports that friendships they make in captivity are likely ...

It's always good to take a breather!

Bombali is not a portmanteau of Bombay and Bali; it is a novel virus in bats in Sierra Leone.

Bats can maintain just enough defenses against illness without triggering the immune systems from going into overdrive

Bats provide more than $22 billion of indirect value to farmers by controlling pests. When bats fall, so does our ...

It's the most disease-infested mammal in the world but yet bats not only survive, they thrive. What's their secret?

Sometimes, you gotta get your feet wet to do science. In bat feces.

A difference in vocalization in bat 'dialects' is akin to the difference between London accent and, say, a Scottish accent.

The first case of white nose syndrome, a disease that has wreaked havoc on bat populations in the eastern U.S. ...

A virus similar to SARS has been identified in Chinese horseshoe bats that may be able to infect humans without ...

In just 7 years, a disease called white-nose syndrome has killed more than 5 million North American bats, almost wiping ...

A study conducted by Australian researchers found that scientific journals discourage the study of ‘ugly’ rodents and bats.

The bat is the only flying mammal and among the heaviest in the world. To top it over, it can ...

It's amazing how two different animals from two completely different environments evolve some identical physical features. Take bats and dolphins ...

It's clear that humans are now, more than ever, a driving force in evolutionary biology. Early domestication efforts through breeding ...

While it may lack most of Bruce Wayne's gadgets, the very first artificial bat cave in the world is sure ...