Anyone with a pool knows how easily animals can become stuck swimming in circles. It’s not uncommon to find insects, mice, ...

From the blood-drinking vampire bats lurking in the shadows to the gentle fruit bats pollinating the rainforest, bats are proof that nature’s imagination knows no bounds. The Ancient Origins of Bats ...

Check out this clip to discover how bats can pee when hanging upside down, then read our analysis to find out more.

Some bats like candy. Well, not the kind of candy you buy in a sweets shop. Rather, they like fruit, which is rich in sugar. “We call it nature’s candy,” says Wei Gordon, a biologist at ...

Fruit bats hanging on tree branches in daylight in Bangladesh on November 6, 2023. ... flying, blood sucking without coagulation, or eating fruit and not getting diabetes,” Ahituv said.

Fruit bats have a genetic system that controls blood sugar without fail. ... “For me, bats are like superheroes, each one with an amazing super power, whether it is echolocation, flying, blood sucking ...

New viruses that are genetically similar to known fatal viruses have been discovered near food sources in a concerning new ...

UPROOTED: Across tropical Asia, deadly outbreaks of Nipah virus have been traced back to the fruit-loving flying fox bat, pictured here in Kerala, India, in February 2022.

COMMON CARRIER: Outbreaks of the Nipah virus have been traced back to flying foxes, a fruit bat found across tropical Asia. Above, the animals hang from a tree in the Indian state of Kerala.

Large fruit bats, also called flying fox bats, can carry Hendra virus. Scientists say it can affect all four species of Australian flying foxes. Based on what scientists know, it doesn’t occur ...