Bats are some of the most misunderstood mammals on the planet. While some do drink blood, the vast majority enjoy a diet of ...

Phylogenies, fossils and functional genes : the evolution of echolocation in bats / Emma C. Teeling, Serena Dool and Mark Springer -- Systematics and paleobiogeography of early bats / Thierry Smith ..

Bats are critical viral reservoirs that harbor viromes with a high risk of cross-species transmission. However, the diversity ...

MAMM copy 39088019947282 purchased with Adopt-a-Book Funds. Contents An introduction to island bats / Theodore H. Fleming and Paul A. Racey -- Evolution of island bats -- New perspectives on the ...

A fossil found in Wyoming has apparently resolved a long-standing question about when bats gained their radar-like ability to navigate and locate airborne insects at night. The answer: after they ...

Horseshoe bats are the primary host for the ancestor of the viruses that caused both the 2002 SARS outbreak and the COVID-19 pandemic, but a new study suggests that the wildlife trade transported the ...

Most scientists today believe the COVID-19 pandemic began at a Chinese wet market, with the coronavirus in question likely originating from a bat. It wouldn’t be surprising, given that many viruses ...

Scientists from diverse universities conducted controlled experiments to determine how big-eared bats detect insects ...