Instead, it was realizing that bats know how to swim and do it reasonably well. The adaptations that make bats good at flying ...

The study, published in Nature, shows that bats have more genetic adaptations in immune genes than other mammals.The ISG15 gene in particular plays a key role: in some bats, it can reduce the ...

Bats may hold the key to curing cancer, according to a new peer-reviewed Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory study. Despite their long lifespans, bats rarely get cancer and some species contain over 50 ...

Feeding on a blood diet is unusual for a mammal and has led to many unique adaptations that facilitate their uncommon lifestyle. Unlike other bats, vampires are mobile on the ground, toggling between ...

Bats have many adaptations, some of which are consistent across different species, that possibly contribute to their unusual resiliency to viral infections. However, bats are a heterogeneous group, ...

Furthermore, “bats have unique immune systems which allows them to survive a wide range of deadly viruses, and many unique immune adaptations have been described in bats,” the researchers wrote.

Human-bat conflict centers on livestock. Despite their many fascinating adaptations and complex social lives, vampire bats are not universally admired.

SINGAPORE, Sept. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a first of its kind pilot study on the hearts of bats, researchers from National Heart Centre S ...

Bats have been found to evolve into bigger sizes in exactly the same way in separate locations, in a very rare example of parallel evolution. It's so rare that it is the first time parallel ...

A vampire bat enjoys a blood meal at the expense of a domestic goat. Nicolas Reusens/Moment via Getty Images. Feeding on a blood diet is unusual for a mammal and has led to many unique adaptations ...