Bats carry viral pathogens that typically do not lead to severe disease in the bats themselves but can be lethal to humans. Adaptations in certain immune genes might contribute to this resistance.
Not revised: This Reviewed Preprint includes the authors’ original preprint (without revision), an eLife assessment, and public reviews. The authors show that early life experience of juvenile bats ...
But bats also complete incredible journeys ... Noctules have broad brown ears and a distinctive mushroom-shaped tragus. This bat has long narrow wings and flies in a straight line, very high ...