In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

Against all odds, bats are surprisingly long-lived and rarely develop tumors. Understanding why could unlock new cancer ...

In the darkness of old church attics, surprisingly romantic scenes take place as male greater mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis ...

There are two types of viruses that cause rabies carried in bats in the UK - EBLV-1 and EBLV-2. Both of these viruses are ...

"These viruses are so closely related to MERS, so we have to be concerned if they ever infect humans," said virologist ...

A few species of bats are carnivorous, eating small frogs, lizards, and birds. Other species are known for their fish-eating habits and are usually specialized by having huge hind feet and claws. The ...

A new-to-science Himalayan bat has blurred the India-Pakistan divide.. A team of Indian scientists documented 29 species of bats during a series of surveys in the Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand ...

With no confirmed sightings of it in over 50 years, the little Mariana fruit bat has been declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It’s one of 21 species, including birds and ...

Bats have long been associated with darkness and evil in Western culture, and unsettlingly hard to place in folk taxonomy—not birds but airborne, not rodents but small and furry. And, for some ...

India is home to more than 120 bat species, with particularly high bat diversity in the Northeast and the Western Ghats. Despite this diversity, virological data on these bats is limited and many ...

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