Changes in bats' diets can increase spread of viruses and spillover risk
Cornell researcher Raina Plowright and her team observed that when bats in Australia lost access to their habitat and natural ...
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Scientists make mind-blowing discovery about bat species — here's how it could affect our food supply
The results were nothing short of breathtaking. Scientists make mind-blowing discovery about bat species — here's how it ...
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Climate Change, Deforestation Drive Bat Virus Spillover Into Humans
Using a dataset that spans decades, the researchers demonstrated how climate change and deforestation have shifted the behavior of bats in Australia such that the animals spend more time in urban and ...
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Listen Up! Hungry Bats Emit Food Calls to Family and Friends
Spix’s disc-winged bats shrieked when they were first shown mealworms, a new food for them. Were they alarmed, or were they communicating their excitement to their fellow bats? Elisabeth King ...