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

Around the time that bat ancestors evolved powered flight, their genomes picked up immune adaptations that can quell viral ...

Bats and birds, although both masters of the sky, follow distinct evolutionary paths. A recent study highlights a key ...

New research from the University of St Andrews has shown that bats can tolerate coronaviruses and other viruses without becoming ill, thanks to special adaptations of their immune system.

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Researchers identified 20 different bat fly species, many of which were new to science, and explored their host specificity. The study revealed that certain bat flies tended to parasitize closely ...

Bats can tolerate bugs such as coronavirus without becoming ill or showing symptoms, Scotish researchers have found.

French entomologist Antoine Magnan wrote that bumblebees "should not be able to fly", as their small wings should theoretically not be able ...

Studies of dead bats near wind turbines have shown each active turbine kills about 10 bats per year. In 2016, roughly 47,400 ...