Menglà virus, detected in bats in China, infects cells through the same host receptor targeted by the deadly pathogens.

Moths’ scales vibrate in the frequency range of bats’ echolocation calls, perhaps helping the insects to avoid predation.

The Bombali Ebola virus was identified in bats in Sierra Leone, and there’s no evidence that it has infected people or causes human disease.

The bat version of the STING protein helps dampen the mammals' immune response to infection, researchers have found.

This hammer-headed fruit bat is wearing a GPS tracker deployed by researchers with the Wildlife Conservation Society.

The Texas Tech University professor also investigated the effects of the Chernobyl disaster on surrounding wildlife.

In cooperation with its microbiome, the animal has genetic help in digesting blood and warding off pathogens.

Researchers find that while bats in the Myotis genus don’t produce telomerase, the enzyme that lengthens telomeres, they possess 21 telomere maintenance–related genes.

Factors such as humidity and temperature can affect how Rhinolophus clivosus use echolocation.