Athletes are always searching for something to give them even the slightest edge on the field. Enter the so-called “torpedo bat.” The new, odd-looking bat that has taken the baseball world by storm ...

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An invasive fungus that colonizes the skin of hibernating bats with deadly consequences is a stealthy invader that uses multiple strategies to slip into the small mammals' skin cells and quietly ...

New research may enable potential solutions to metabolic disease by turning to evolution and to bats. 'Our study reports blood sugar levels that are the highest we have ever seen in nature -- what ...

Bats play a critical role in maintaining healthy ecosystems in Illinois. These creatures are estimated to consume over 1,200 insects in a single night, making them vital for controlling insect ...

For the first time, scientists have tracked the real-time brain activity of mammals freely navigating in their natural environment. Ina study published in the journal Science, researchers from the ...

Julius Nziza still remembers the moment vividly. Just before dawn on a chilly January morning in 2019, he and his team gently extracted a tiny brown bat from a net purposely strung to catch the ...

Vampire bats hit the treadmills in a unique study in which scientists tested how the creatures metabolized the blood they feed on, according to a newly published study. The study, published in Biology ...

The first bat-wearable microphone is helping biologists study the bats’ good safety record at avoiding collisions in rush hour air. On summer evenings, in around a minute, some 2,000 greater ...

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