Yet until recently, scientists didn’t fully understand why bats are so good at harboring pathogens that don’t seem to harm ...

Experts say a breeding pair of the species has not been found in the UK for decades.

Bats in the noctilionoid group, like Darwin’s finches, have evolved an impressive variety of jaw and tooth adaptations to ...

A team of animal behaviorists at the Leibniz-Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science's, Museum für Naturkunde, and ...

Take “bat tunnels”, the structures designed to help bats safely navigate developments which recently drew the chancellor’s ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has shown that bats can tolerate coronaviruses and other viruses without ...

Researchers uncover bat immune secrets linked to flying abilities Scientists explore how flying contributes to bats ...

Bats may broadcast their personalities to others from a distance, new experiments suggest, which could play into social dynamics within a colony.

Attracting seed-dispersing bats to degraded landscapes and aiding in tropical forest restoration efforts has long been an ...

But the bats don’t get sick. In fact, the reason so many bat species are full of all kinds of viruses is because their strong immune systems can keep pathogens at bay. Yet until recently ...

Bats carry viral pathogens that typically do not lead to severe disease in the bats themselves but can be lethal to humans. Adaptations in certain immune genes might contribute to this resistance.

Bats harbor many viruses that can spill over into humans, including Marburg, Ebola, and famously SARS-CoV-2. But while these ...