Researchers have revealed that viral epidemic potential is not evenly distributed across bat lineages, with transmissibility, ...

About 14 percent of bats that contact people or pets in LA County test positive for rabies, with cases peaking in late summer ...

In a recent study published on the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers conduct an evolutionary analysis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-related bat β-coronavirus ...

As the nights stretch longer across Europe, one bat species is turning in early for the season. Researchers say Daubenton's ...

The deadly fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome has spread to bat colonies throughout eastern North America over the past seven years, causing bat populations to crash, with several species now ...

Researchers at Tel Aviv University noticed a pattern: bats took fewer risks while scavenging in the winter, but became braver ...

Journal of Tropical Ecology, Vol. 20, No. 4 (Jul., 2004), pp. 397-407 (11 pages) We studied activity patterns and habitat use by insectivorous bats in Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast. Bat foraging ...

In the course of evolution manifold sensory systems developed which allowed animals varying possibilities to perceive their environment. Many insect species for example, but also some fish, amphibians ...

White patches of fungus can be seen on this northern long-eared bat affected by white-nose syndrome in Illinois. (Photo by J.R. Hoyt) UC Santa Cruz graduate student Joseph Hoyt releases a little brown ...