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By studying the vocal behavior of 20 baby bats from birth to weaning, researchers have identified striking similarities between how young humans and bats develop communication skills.

As they close in for the kill, the flying mammals use quieter echolocation to focus on the chase.

The species include the first reptile to be listed and the Christmas Island pipistrelle, a bat last seen in 2009.

A study proposes that habitat for bats—and their accompanying coronaviruses—has increased in southern Asia over the last century, but experts debate the reliability of the analysis.

An investigation by the World Health Organization into the origins of COVID-19 will instead focus on the virus’s animal origins and the possibility of spread through frozen foods.

Bat species use different strategies to dampen immune activation in response to viruses.

The abrupt termination comes after the research drew President Trump’s attention for its ties to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak speaks with The Scientist about how pathogens like 2019-nCoV jump species, and how to head off the next pandemic.

Bats are infected with the microbe that causes white-nose syndrome, but the disease itself has not shown up.

Bats move their ears fast to create frequency shifts in echoes that can give them more information about their prey targets or the surroundings they are navigating through.

Freshwater fish suffer from low levels of oxygen in the country’s rivers, while bats are unable to survive the extreme air temperatures.

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.