Bats

Scientists have identified a new species of bat, which is the oldest bat skeleton found in the world. This discovery has helped to fill in the gaps in the fossil record of these flying creatures and given researchers new...

Virus-hunting researchers have discovered a new coronavirus in bats identified to be resistant to vaccines—a finding that could spell trouble for the human population. Public health experts anticipated this finding and noted that the virus can infect human cells and...

Scientists recently discovered one of Europe's largest and most important winter colonies of bats in Greece's Achaea county. The colony, found in a part of Limnes cave near Kastria which is closed to the public, is the largest ever to...