Bat ‘Nightclubs’ Hold the Key to Preventing Future Viral Outbreaks
Myotis bats roosting together. Credit: Dr. Nicole Foley/Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical SciencesThe evolution of viral ...
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Like college roommates, vampire bats bond when randomly paired
Social bonding between randomly assigned college roommates is not only a human phenomenon, a new study on vampire bats suggests. ...
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Noble False Widow Spider captures bats in the attic
Scientists from the Ryan Institute in NUI Galway have published the first record of a Noble False Widow spider feeding ...
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Vampire bats may coordinate with ‘friends’ over a bite to eat
Vampire bats that form bonds in captivity and continue those “friendships” in the wild also hunt together, meeting up over a meal ...
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Viruses May Jump from Bats to People More Often Than Realized
Sept. 21, 2021 -- When humans and other species intermingle and viruses move between them, experts call that "spillover." As ...
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Going batty at Bracken Cave, where 20 million bats take flight
September 14, 2021 Austin is justifiably proud of the 1.5-million-strong bat colony that roosts under downtown’s Congress Avenue Bridge. I’ve ...
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Novel coronavirus discovered in British bats
A coronavirus related to the virus that causes Covid-19 in humans has been found in UK horseshoe bats – according ...
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Sajid Javid mercilessly bats off pleas for a ‘proper pay rise for NHS staff’
Sajid Javid was in no mood to entertain pleas for a “proper pay rise for NHS staff” in the House ...
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Cricket bats should be made from bamboo not willow, study finds
Co-author Ben Tinkler-Davies examines a prototype bamboo cricket bat. Credit: Ben Tinkler-Davies Bamboo cricket bats are stronger, offer a better ...
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Value in the eye of the beholder? Some of us are blind as bats
The hottest accessory brand in the world at the moment would have to be Bottega Veneta, the respected Italian luxury ...
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