Some bats -- including those known to be the original source of human infections -- have been shown to host immune systems that are perpetually primed to mount defenses against viruses.

Social media is going batty for a “human-sized” bat. Twitter user @AlexJoestar622 posted a photo that seemingly showed an extremely large, black-winged mammal just hanging out. The snap was ...

Coronavirus outbreak raises question: Why are bat viruses so deadly? Bats' fierce immune systems drive viruses to higher virulence, making them deadlier in humans Date: February 10, 2020 Source ...

That's the premise behind a new study from researchers at Monash University in Australia. The researchers reviewed studies of human and bat responses to COVID-19 at three key stages of the disease.

THE FUTURE OF EVERYTHING We’re Trying to Learn from Bats to Fight Human Disease To many people, bats are a terrifying menace. But to researchers, they are a miracle mammal.

A photo of a seemingly human-sized bat vent viral on Twitter this week with over 700,000 likes on the app leaving people horrified. The bat is called the golden-crowned flying fox and is native to ...

Two groups of larger bats were assumed to be the same species—known as fierce leaf-nosed bats or Hipposideros dinops—while the smaller bats were thought to all belong to a different species ...

Across the United States, bat populations have been devastated due to a fungal disease called white-nose syndrome (WNS). It is caused by the fungus Pseudogymnoascus destructans, which grows around ...

A study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) offers insights into cell death regulation by viruses like SARS-CoV-2, and how bats and humans respond differently to tricks that ...

A man has died from an "extremely rare" rabies-like infection transmitted by a bat bite, Australian health officials said.

The virus, unearthed at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, carries the risk of animal-to-human transmission, though the infection has not yet been identified in a living person, according to a study … ...

Unlocking the mystery of hibernation could improve medicine and support our ambitions for deep-space travel. A new study analyzes the blood cells of bats (of both the hibernating and non ...