The dream of flying has always fascinated humanity. In evolutionary history, the ability to fly has emerged independently ...

Out of over 1,400 currently described bat species, three are known to feed on blood exclusively. The common vampire bat, ...

Bats are surprisingly good swimmers, but this little guy needed a hand to make it out of this Queensland pool.

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 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, ...

This means the adaptation behaviors the bats employed weren't learned; they were innate, latent and hard-wired into the bats' brain circuitry. "It highlights how robust the brain is to manipulation ...

The ISG15 gene from the bats, the study showed, is able to reduce production of the SARS CoV-2 virus by 80-90%. By contrast, the ISG15 gene from a human genome showed no antiviral effect in this ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Sebastian Stockmaier, University of Tennessee (THE CONVERSATION) You can probably ...