Researchers demonstrate that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein is more stable and binds the human ACE2 receptor with much higher affinity than the spike protein of its closest known relative, bat coronavirus RaTG13.

The Boston University professor, who died of complications related to COVID-19, spent more than 40 years researching the lives of bats.

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

With more than 6,000 cases of the 2019-nCoV virus confirmed, researchers are hoping that studying the pathogen in the lab will help stop the outbreak.

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.

Many plants reflect ultrasonic waves, thereby attracting the pollinators, but one cactus takes a different approach.

Bats that share food with their hungry cage-mates stay close after being released.

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.

The finding overturns the idea that the insect’s first victims were bats and reveals that certain species started targeting humans as a side snack, not as a main meal.